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The system is very user-friendly, McClafferty points out. "Our press operators now have the ability to do their own plate remakes, since the display walks them through the process. They can walk into the plate department, press three buttons and have a plate 6.5 minutes later," he says.

Fecondo admits the shop has encountered some problems with static, but he says that issue has been easy to address. "We haven't seen any scratching, or at least not any more than with a manual platesetter," he adds.