In-plants Rave About Computer-to-plate

The environmental benefit is one of the prime reasons.

"That drives a lot of stuff in the college/university market," notes Art Larsen, director of the University of Maine Printing and Mailing Services in Orano, Maine.

In September, his operation installed a Presstek Dimension 800 with Anthem chemistry-free thermal plates to augment its "soup-to-nuts" operation. The in-plant's 36 employees do under $2 million in billing annually for the university system through an extensive pressroom that features a print-on-demand area.