Computer-to-Plate — Digital Plate Developments

A PRIMIR study asked printers to rank the importance of processless CTP. The desire for reduce-process plates declines as the shop size gets bigger. Smaller shops, under 20 employees, have the greatest interest in processless.

The true process-free, the touchless, plate is the nirvana for buyers. It goes to press ready to print, without any piece of intermediate equipment or moving the processing step somewhere else. That product isn’t available today from any manufacturer. They (current process-free technologies) still process, but are doing it on the printing press.