Two-up Metal Platesetters -- The CTP Periphery

Eight may indeed be enough, but it also can be too little or too much. Two-up platesetters actually helped pioneer the direct-to workflow and technology, albeit using paper and polyester plates. Small-format metal systems have been a more recent development. Very large format (VLF) platesetters, on the other hand, marked an early expansion of the metal CTP product category.