PRINT 05 PREPRESS WORKFLOW & CTP -- Streamlining the Prepress Process

Instead, the key points of differentiation have become whether there is any throughput penalty associated with using a plate and is it a drop-in product in prepress and on-press. Depending on plate sensitivity and the level of energy delivered by the platesetter, there is at least the potential for chemistry-free or processless plates to have a negative impact on throughput. It's worth it for shops considering switching to any of these products to ask the question, even though the answer may well be no impact at all.