CTP FIELD REPORTS -- A Digital Duet

"The system is certainly performing at the level we need. In fact, we're looking at installing a second unit within six months, for redundancy and added capacity," he notes. "You do need a darkroom and safelighting, but we don't see that as a problem in our operation."

The printer installed the system, its first, in March 2001. It leased the platesetter for four years, and expects to do the same with the second unit, Moore says. He estimates the shop currently is using CTP to produce at least 80 percent of its work. "The only barrier to hitting 100 percent we're seeing is that some clients have friends in the film business and want to keep doing business with them," the production manager adds.