Plotting Along

Citing declining sales of larger format imagesetters in the past year, Brown believes higher-end package printers are not going ahead with a new imagesetter purchase without also evaluating the CTP option. "It's not a sensible business decision to make a purchase without that forward path in mind," he contends. An imagesetter bought today may not have time to amortize if a CTP investment is made within the next few years, he notes.