The Great (Digital) Plate Debate

"A lot of times people forget to look at how a platesetter and a specific plate work together. They might buy a platesetter and think all plates will work well with that system; but that's not true," he cautions. "How do the platesetter and plates work together? Are there any references of other printers using that combination? Also, it's important to understand things like runlengths and resolutions, and how these things might effect the type of plates they are looking to buy."