The Pros Of CTP

Stu Gallup, A.B.Dick:

When eliminating film and going to CTP, the in-plant must also eliminate traditional film-based proofs. This is a big benefit, since traditional proofing was time consuming and decreased the shop's productivity, while increasing costs.

The main type of proofing for CTP is the ink-jet proofer. The quality that is achieved on ink-jet proofers is fantastic. At one time ink-jet proofing was looked at as inferior to traditional proofs. That is no longer the case. Especially now that you can use ICC profiles to match the press output to the ink-jet proofer output.