Taking The Direct Route

"We were able to save about $800,000 a year," Jablinske reveals.

SAFECO's in-plant is just one of the latest printers to realize the benefits of direct imaging. These include reduced material and labor costs, faster makereadies, more accurate registration, and the ability to access, archive and retrieve jobs. Plus, by using digital data for on-press plate imaging, quality increases. DI presses eliminate the exposure and processing of film, manual stripping and assembly, plate burning and processing, manual registration and other traditional procedures.