Computer-to-plate and Thermal Advancements

Perhaps the most amazing thing about CTP is that it forces a printer to fine-tune its workflow to eliminate plate re-makes—Reynolds-DeWalt being no exception.

What is DeWalt's CTP forecast? The term sunny skies paints a pretty accurate picture of DeWalt's expectations for conventional CTP.

"CTP is just one piece of the electronic puzzle—we've got a good-sized file server, we've adopted OPI for using low-res images," he details. "For us, CTP is just a stepping stone to going computer-to-press, which is our ultimate future."