CTP--What's New In Blue?

With all the differences and costs CTP has demanded, it simply hasn't offered compelling enough advantages to convince printers to buy it in large numbers.

In 1999, according to some recently published figures, the worldwide rate of CTP system adoption crept along at about 2,500 CTP installations annually. Meanwhile, an estimated 95 percent of all offset printing is still being produced using film and contact frame or step-and-repeat machine-exposed UV plates. Clearly, this has left plenty of room for a potentially winning, alternative new generation of CTP.