What does “CTP” mean and why is it better than using old-school film separations?
A5. CTP is short for “Computer To Plate”. Many printers still use the old style of making plates by first producing film from an imagesetter. There are many variables which adversely affect the quality of the final dot on the conventional printing plate. The CTP process eliminates many of these variables associated with film and their inherent potential for problems of film stretch, film-based dot-gain, mis-registration, over-/under-exposure.
