Digital Imaging Versus Computer-to-Plate

According to Tim Taylor, marketing director at Screen, “the one market that shows a preference for DI is the digital printer who has started with an Indigo [variable data digital press] or similar. He therefore does not have a CTP device and has found that his digital press is just not competitive on longer runs despite any reports to the contrary!” Regarding CTP, Taylor says that it “has continued to grow, we sold more machines last year than any other year and that applies to Europe. The rest of the world [we have] around 36% market share [and] the split would be very roughly 25% Europe, 25% US and 50% Asia, including Japan, China, India. We still have not seen the predicted drop in sales.”