SCREENING SYSTEMS -- Spotting an Opportunity

Budd also understands the advantages in using the process to simulate spot colors. For that reason, the company is considering a move to stochastic screening to achieve greater color consistency, he says. It's currently using conventional Crosfield screening.

The prepress exec believes a broad range of print producers and applications would benefit from using the process. He thinks some "horror stories" from the early days may explain why printers have been slow to adopt it. "The software has come a long way in the last four years," Budd notes.