Talk from the Top Prepress

"Digital printing wasn't ready for prime time with a document that large," says Marlene Patton, production manager. "We had two Rockwell devices with 70 mm film, but they were no longer supported. Even some of the CTP devices we looked at weren't fast enough."

The state, which boasts the fifth largest economy in the world, finally found a solution with Agfa's Galileo family of violet-laser CTP platesetters.