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

And that was just with the original installation. Lucas is now using an upgraded system.

"We're four times faster with the new system—four times the storage, four times the speed," says Heyman. "We get a lot more work out with a lot less people."

A major advantage of this system is that a printer only has to RIP one time, Heyman contends. If a customer needs to make a correction while on-press, a plate takes only 15 minutes and, within a half hour, the job is back on-press.