Streamlined Artistry

Creo's Chris Allen, product manager, VLF Products, believes integration of stochastic screening in the offset platemaking process may improve finished products. Creo's Staccato® stochastic (FM) screening software, bundled with the Trendsetter VLF Quantum, reduces variations in dot gain, wet trap, and color contamination from paper. The random nature of halftone patterns also means mis-registration doesn't cause color shifts. Such stability lends printers the ability to replace custom colors with process screen builds.