Showing the Digital Way--Alex Hamilton

Since I have done more than my fair share of touting CTP as "the way," it's difficult to concede, but the reality is that a printer with good process controls can gain many, if not all, of the financial benefits of CTP in a film-based workflow. Stripping, makeready times, ink and paper waste—all of these can be achieved by using an all-digital workflow to drive a full-format imagesetter. And you can even run poly plates through them for short runs, though this usually requires changes in the processor and in the pressroom.