Computer-to-plate and Thermal Advancements

At Reynolds-DeWalt, the move to a conventional CTP workflow was, for all intents and purposes, surprisingly flawless, as DeWalt explains.

"The first six months we ran primarily fully imposed, plate-ready film, then we started choosing particular customers with files we were highly comfortable with and converted those customers to CTP," DeWalt reports. "For us, CTP was much easier than we expected—once we started, we made the transition very quickly into a CTP mindset and now are totally committed to CTP."