Chemistry-free CTP: Minnesota State University-Mankato

The four-color shop’s runs average between 500 and 1,500, but Fenske has used the system successfully for up to 30,000 to 40,000 impressions with no plate problems.

“We no longer have anyone assigned to be the ‘plate person,’ ” he says. “The designers can put the [Ecomaxx-T] plates in the envelope and take them out to the pressroom. Workflow is much shorter and more direct.”