Chemistry-Free CTP Comes to Mankato

The only change the in-plant had to make was switching the fountain solution on its four-color Heidelberg GTO 52 from Accel FC1000 to Allied All Star.

Fenske says that the in-plant is already seeing advantages with this new system.

“No chemistry and no mess are huge benefits,” he explains. “We also have a noticeably sharper image on the finished printed pieces. Since the plates take much less water on press, dry time has been cut dramatically. The time savings is huge. Each of the designers are trained to make their own layouts and send their own work to the platesetter. And the platesetter doesn’t go on break, go to lunch, or call in sick, so it gets the plates made quicker.”