Publishers Press--A ColorSync Pioneer

Today, the quality control procedures for the platesetters are second to none. According to Hepner, some platesetter manufacturers jokingly complain that Publishers' specifications are too strict. "Some vendors say that our quality control procedures for our platesetters are too tight," Hepner reports. "We don't agree. When we first started with the Mitsubishi plate, there was a 6 percent or 7 percent latent image from plate to plate. That's when we stopped believing the vendors and started paying attention to what GATF was saying. The only way we can feel comfortable with our quality—across all three shifts, all equipment and both plants—is to exceed the toughest specifications."