Thermal Plates -- The Heat is On

With all the advantages of using thermal plates—better print quality, lower consumables usage and the promise of processless plate making—it's natural to ask the question of why you would use conventional computer-to-plate systems. There are platesetter vendors, such as Agfa, that offer both thermal and CTP systems, and feel strongly that both are valuable. Then there are companies such as CreoScitex that claim, while conventional still has a role today, thermal is key to the future of CTP.