Digital Proofing--Halftone-hungry Prepress Proofers

Polaroid had been working on a thermal plate technology for some time. However, when the company researched the market on what was required to enable the adoption of CTP, Polaroid found that the weakest links in the move to an all-digital workflow were stable and repeatable continuous-tone proofing, high-quality direct digital halftone proofing and a low-cost, efficient, high-powered laser system.