IMAGESETTING VS. PLATESETTING -- Setting the Pace

CTP is Not for Everyone

"I'm not anti-CTP," the production manager continues. "For the right printer, in the right circumstances, it is excellent technology. It's just not right for everybody. For smaller printers, in the $2 million to $7 million sales range, it just doesn't make much sense."

Checkmate installed an eight-page Fujifilm Sumo imagesetter in order to have the flexibility to output film sizes from 10x12˝ to 30x40˝. Along with doing work for end customers, the shop outputs film for a lot of printers, including plants with in-house prepress capabilities and even some with CTP systems.