CTP FIELD REPORTS -- A Digital Duet

Speaking just for the Dubuque plant and not Quebecor World as a whole, Prepress Manager Joe Ryan says thermal really hasn't factored into the CTP buying decision.

"When we purchased our first platesetter in 1999, we didn't feel thermal imaging was necessary for us. While it may bring higher quality, our high volume dictated that imaging speed was the critical success factor," Ryan explains.