Computer to Plate (CTP)
- Improved quality from a first generation image
- Imaging on plate using film results in a second or third generation deteriorated image
- Reproducibility
- Same result every time - not subject to imaging conditions (exposure, vacuum, and plate processing)
- Film media is not stable - dimensions change with heat and humidity
- Quality of image
- Film based work affected by dust
- Not subject to processing conditions for film and plate processing
- Quality of print
- Halftone stability, fit and registration
- Within the design and across the printed sheet
- Faster