From Clean Slate to Direct-to-plate

While researching CTP systems, McCord compared the Galileo with systems from Creo Products, Cymbolic Sciences and Scitex. And though all four systems generate outstanding quality plates and press sheets, it concluded that the Galileo's automation features could produce plates more efficiently.

With a five-color, 40˝ Heidelberg Speedmaster 102, a six-color, 29˝ Speedmaster 74 and a GTO gobbling up between 400 and 500 plates a week, this was a critical consideration. In addition, while the pressroom operates around the clock, the digital prepress department has only four employees.