CTP FIELD REPORTS -- Set to Compete

American Press

Gordonsville, VA

Platesetter: Creo Trendsetter VLF

Plates: Spectratech Spectra 830-n

Technology: thermal

Size definitely mattered when American Press went shopping for a CTP system some four years ago, according to Barry Long, digital systems coordinator. The web printer was motivated to go CTP after installing a state-of-the-art MAN Roland Lithoman web press that prints 72, four-color pages in one pass, Long reveals. The press requires a roughly 60˝ wide plate.