CTP Flexo: A Bright Idea

Necessity is the mother of invention.” Plato gets credit for coining this phrase. While this is unquestionably true, it’s the forces of “necessity” that are relative. For example, necessity reared its head somewhat earlier in the offset world than in the world of flexographic package printing, where the migration from analog (film-based) to digital platemaking still lags the adoption of computer-to-plate (CTP) in other segments of the industry.