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

Most manufacturers of CTP systems will assist printers with their decisions by providing workflow studies and system comparisons between digital and conventional plates. These studies deliver an invaluable service a printer should consider.

However a printer decides to determine his ROI—using internal expertise, specially designed software programs or with the help of CTP vendors—the bottom-line question will always be: "If a CTP system costs X, and I have to pay X per month, how will I realize my ROI?"