IMAGESETTING VS. PLATESETTING -- Setting the Pace

Losure says his team did look at digital metal plate systems, but was put off by the significantly higher cost. The company also considered on-press imaging technology, but decided to wait for the price of the presses to come down. "I fully anticipate that within the next five years we will be looking at direct-to technology for our next press," the company president reports. "I see us acquiring a DI press before getting a metal CTP system."