CTP FIELD REPORTS -- A Digital Duet

Ambrose Printing already is running about 99 percent CTP production, the company exec reports. "We still get a few jobs with old pieces of film that we expose to plate," he explains.

The CTP story at Creel Printing, in Las Vegas, is very similar to the previous examples, with one big exception. This sheetfed and web printer installed a Fuji Saber Luxel P-9600 CTP visible light platesetter to expose FujiFilm Brillia LPN visible light plates. Production Manager Jim Moore says he inherited the system from his predecessor, so he wasn't the one who had to make the choice between visible light and thermal imaging. Moore is satisfied with the decision, though.