The Great (Digital) Plate Debate

Silverless UV CTP has a unique 'single workflow' and a major economic advantage, Dainton asserts. "Most printers have a mix of digital and film-based jobs," he says. "Using other forms of CTP, a printer is required to have a costly 'dual workflow,' whereby a digital stream and a film-based stream separately produce special and UV plates through different processing lines. This workflow model has poor economics, so printers who use it find it impacts their profitability."