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Simply finding a front end capable of RIPing and feeding enough pages to the platesetter was an issue when American Press looked to install a VLF system, Long recalls. "We understood you had to have both pieces. We narrowed our choices down to about four companies that we felt had a platesetter worth considering, then looked at the workflow those companies offered," he says. "We felt fortunate to find a front end and platesetter from the same company, but we did evaluate the components individually."