Computer-to-Plate
(CTP)

e understand how important time is. The less time it takes us to produce your publications, the more time you have to create and promote them.

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Computer-To-Plate (CTP) printing technology actually expedites your publication content directly into production, skipping the traditional prepress workflow associated with generating film. One attraction of computer-to-plate printing technology is that it eliminates a number of prepress steps to improve the workflow process. There is often a reduction in make-ready time, which enables us to produce your publications in a faster cycle.

By eliminating the need for film, our advanced CTP printing technology saves our customers time and guarantees them greater accuracy and with it comes new levels of efficiency, consistency and print quality.

The concept is simple. From disk, scanning and proofing to press without producing film. A single closed loop system takes your print job directly from your disk through a gateway to a platesetter. The need for film is gone and along with it, spots, scratches and time consuming revisions. The elimination of traditional stripping and film stretching further narrows the margin of error. In addition, CTP printing assures sharper images, and unsurpassed print consistency.

Today, it no longer matters whether our clients are next door or several hundred miles away. Our fully digital prepress operation allows you to rapidly transmit files, secure in the knowledge that what appears on our screen duplicates what you see on yours.

Computer-to-Plate printing is just one of the many services Branch-Smith has to offer. View a list of all our commercial printing solutions for publishers, businesses, and professional organizations.