COMPUTER-TO-FILM -- Flat Out the Best

For some special applications, the state of the technology still limits companies to outputting film. One such example is the Lincoln (NE) Journal Star, which has a printing plant that does commercial work in addition producing the newspaper.

There simply isn't an acceptable CTP solution for making plates for its flexographic web press, claims Ian Doremus, prepress manager. Instead, the plant uses a Purup-Eskofot ImageMaker imagesetter to output the 7mil film that is preferred for flexo platemaking.