Expanding the Sheetfed Operation?More Than the Metal

"Also, misregistration can occur in stripping, and other variables in conventional platemaking can affect the process, such as contact vacuum and misregistration of frame or stepped films."

CTP, Ericksen contends, reduces the amount of machine and labor time necessary to produce certain stages of the job, such as high-volume step-and-repeat platemaking, along with make-ready and plate makeover time in the pressroom by providing plates imaged with laser accuracy and tighter dot control.