Scratch The Film. Go Straight To Plate

And Gerlinde Williams, administrator of Central Printing for the State of Oklahoma, says there's an extra bonus to working with polyester plates.

"It's a one-time-use plate, which you can file in a computer," she says. "Metal plates have to get filed in an actual cabinet."

So in addition to money, labor and time, it seems polyester plates save space, as well.