ROI on CTP--To Buy or Not to Buy?

H.C. Miller has realized a multitude of benefits from CTP. Demske says platemaking costs are about half that of conventional, and there's 50 percent faster turnaround. Also, he's seeing better press utilization, which includes improved registration and throughput of paper.

In Search of a Better Deal
"Cost per plate, that's the bottom line. We went strictly on price in making our decision [to change CTP systems]," says Craig Yolitz, prepress director at The West Group, a publisher/printer located in Eagan, MN. "We're paying 50 percent less than our current CTP plates."