CTP--The Digital DRUPA

Despite these hurdles, almost four dozen manufacturers demonstrated some type of CTP solution at DRUPA 1995. Why? It made sense. CTP seemed the obvious extension of the slow, but evolving, digitization of prepress. CTP also held the promise of increased efficiencies and productivity.

Among the CTP solutions presented at DRUPA '95, including some 14 "digital metal plates," only one was based on thermal technology: the Kodak Direct Image Thermal Plate (now the Kodak Polychrome Graphics Thermal Printing Plate/830). The introduction of this plate, in conjunction with the Creo Thermal 3244 Platesetter, changed the face of the CTP market.