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"Working from film, it would take us one hour to RIP the job, image the film, process the film, strip it up, expose the plate, process the plate and get it ready for the press. Now we go from file to plate in 20 minutes. The 40 minutes of time we are saving is well worth the cost of the machine. When you start to factor in the cost of the materials and labor savings, it got to the point where it was just cheaper to use a digital platesetter," the company exec says.