In-plants Rave About Computer-to-plate

"The pressmen grab the file on a RIP and release it and walk away, and in a couple of minutes come back and get their plates and then hang them on the press," Mettee says.

Plus, there's less makeready. The Mitsubishi is calibrated for the presses, so an operator having a problem with a plate can just make a new one, hang it on a press, "and it will fall right into register, and they can take off running again," Mettee says.