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

"There are so many intangible benefits—reduced makeready time; digital proofing; no more registration chasing; no more color guessing; the ability to preview before burning metal; the ability to do quality assurance inside the RIPing process; the ability to better predict and control sheet behavior; its ability to send info remotely; and the system's ability to run around the clock, which increases capacity," explains Richards. "All of these add up to significant savings in time, labor and paper."