CTP vs. CTF -- The Debate Rages On

Purup-Eskofot's ImageMaker series provides devices for both computer-to-film and computer-to-plate workflows. This device line includes the ImageMaker B1 CTF, ImageMaker B1 CTP, and ImageMaker B1 CTP Thermal, as well as the ImageMaker B2 CTF, ImageMaker B2 CTP and ImageMaker B2 CTP Thermal.

Screen (USA)'s PlateRite 8000 has found a fan in Tom Coker, electronic prepress manager at Communicorp, the printing division of insurance giant AFLAC, located in Columbus, GA. Coker says, "We spent two years researching the thermal platesetting market. Within the first 30 days of installation, the PlateRite 8000 has already exceeded our first six months' projections."