Poor Man's CTP Rich in Benefits

Not unlike at many small in-plants, the majority of offset work produced in College Misericordia's in-plant is one- and two-color line work. For more than 12 years, metal plates were produced using diffusion transfer technology. Although the plates were capable of producing upwards of 50,000 impressions, consistent results were difficult to achieve, depending on the quality of the hard copy, the life of the developer and the exposure time settings.