Direct to Plate at Last
In addition, the new CTP system allows the in-plant to get by with fewer employees, after a few recent retirements.
“We replaced the employees with technology,” Rigby says. “So we’re able to get the same amount of work done with one less employee.”
The in-plant had been planning this upgrade for several years, Rigby reveals, and it added a Rampage RIP three years ago in anticipation. Though the Fuji Dart platesetter is not chemistry free, Rigby notes that “it’s still environmentally friendly.” Plates require only a water wash to remove the gum, and that water—once diluted—can go down the drain. He says the system passed an Environmental Health and Safety assessment with flying colors.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
