COMPUTER-TO-FILM -- Flat Out the Best

"Space was an issue for us, as well," Matthews continues. "Floor space is at a premium here, and several CTP install sites we toured had long production lines with pre- and post-bake stations. We don't have space for that here."

Management's goal in adding the imagesetter was to get to doing 90 percent of the plant's work as imposed, eight-up film within a year. "We actually reached that point in about six months," he adds. "CTP is the logical next step, but for us it doesn't fit right now. The majority of our work still has a lot of last-minute corrections, either due to customers making changes or because we haven't gotten the workflow completely ironed out yet.