COMPUTER-TO-FILM -- Flat Out the Best

Getting Into the Flow
Since the company was developing a new workflow to produce imposed and press-ready eight-up flats, Anderson says he and Bob Donahoe, company president, believed that it would be cheaper to complete the learning process while still outputting film.

To start with, the capital cost for a large-format imagesetter is significantly less than a digital platesetter, Anderson points out. "Since we already had a Matchprint analog system that could be used to proof the imposed film, adding digital proofing for CTP production was another cost issue.