Operation Digital Output

Pointing any prepress environment in that all-digital direction, though, takes some planning. Still, the end result may be well worth the headaches and calculations factored into any purchase plans.

"One of the most important things CTP brings to the package printing table is consistency—the true ability to generate consistent plates day in, day out, with a nonvariable process," asserts Achim Schmidt, manager for the packaging and label industry, Heidelberg.