Flexo CtP?Out of the Gates

Frances Cicogna, packaging segment marketing manager for Agfa, points out a major difference between the current state of CtP for flexo vs. CtP for offset. "Computer-to-offset is a direct-image process in which the plate is exposed via the laser. Computer-to-flexo uses a digital mask in which film that is pre-applied to the plate is imaged—the plate is then exposed and processed conventionally."