DIGITAL PLATESETTERS -- Growing by Twos and Fours

Since the Presstek Dimension 400 platesetter that Charter installed uses ablative technology, it requires a small footprint and doesn't need a temperature-controlled processor or chemistry, Whalen points out. Imaged plates only require a plain water rinse.

"This was a good choice all the way around—for our employees and for the environment, as well as the cost to produce a plate," he says.