Pick Your 'Setter

Cypert: We can get a job to press faster than with an imagesetter (because of the elimination of steps), and we have reduced costs. We have stopped purchasing film and metal plates and solely rely on polyester plates.

Did going CTP cut costs for you?

Hoover: Using CTP does cut costs. The cost for one 8 mil polyester plate is significantly less than the combined cost of imaging film, stripping and metal plate costs that are incurred when producing a job using the traditional method.