From Clean Slate to Direct-to-plate

This configuration supports screen rulings of up to 300 lpi (limited only by the plate) and images a 2,400-dpi, 200-lpi plate in four-and-a-half minutes.

Interestingly, the firm didn't have digital prepress capabilities at all as recently as 1996. However, Ashlock and Singer took advantage of this "clean slate" to start a digital prepress operation from scratch. With PostScript workflows mature, they jumped into the thick of it by installing an Agfa Avantra 44 eight-up imagesetter.