CTP--New Tools, Old Theories

When the pile of "OKed" digital proofs in the barrel gets to a certain height, you get the platemaking staff to return to the platesetter. Due to the increased capacity (speed) of the platesetter, the platesetter will quickly out-run the queue, and the process begins again.

Of course, shutting down the platesetting operation would NOT result in a high utilization rate, but, by synchronizing the operation of all the resources, it would increase the overall throughput, and you would get more pages proofed and printed.