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News Release from: Screen Europe | Subject: Platerite 4300E CTP system, Trueflow Rite software
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 April 2008
Quality And Service Boost From Screen
CTP
After implementing chemical-free operation with the installation of Screen's Platerite 4300E and Trueflow Rite software, Turville Printing Services has enhanced the quality and service it provides.
Turville Printing Services of High Wycombe (UK) uses Agfa chemistry-free plates with the Platerite 4300E, which is claimed to be capable of imaging up to 14 plates per hour, because the operator can see the image on the plate before it goes to press That is said to help the company maintain a high level of quality control as plates are transported from the reprographics suite to the company's two Komori presses
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 28 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Through processing chemical-free plates, the new CTP system also cleans up the company's plate making operation through omitting the use of harmful components, added Screen.
In addition, Turville Printing Services' latest investment has also seen the company adopting a new workflow system with Screen's Trueflow suite.
Annette Culley, a partner at Turville Printing, explained: "We originally functioned with the capability to run B3 format film and had to manually plan B2 plates, as required.
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This sometimes had an impact on the precision of the printed image and could cost time and money in remaking plates if mistakes were made.
As a result of investing in a fully automated CTP system we are able to produce totally accurate and clean B2 plates at the touch of a button.
By reducing the amount of human intervention that was normally required when making plates, the Platerite 4300E has helped us increase accuracy, consistency and efficiency." She added: "As a chemistry-free operation, we no longer have the headache of disposing of waste safely and, although it is early to asses any potential savings in consumables, we believe our chemistry-free operation may save us money in the future.
We also predict that, as plate technology moves forwards and plates can be processed faster, our production levels will increase.
This will give us the opportunity to service more customers, and, ultimately, improve our profitability." Culley said that the systematic design of the software has made the process of upgrading to a centralised network far easier than originally thought and that when she and her colleagues we saw demonstrations of the system it was plain that the Trueflow software was more logically designed than other workflow systems they had seen and would be easier to implement in to the company.
Added to that the system's ease of use was a strong selling point for them.
And she added: "Whereby an employee would have to output the film before planning and platemaking, the Trueflow software receives the PDF file where it is automatically trapped, imposed, proofed and sent directly to the platesetter for imaging.
It cuts out an entire process, which, as a small company of seven employees, has a huge impact on our business in terms of productivity." Turville Printing has been established for 25 years offering design and lithographic printing to local and national companies, as well as trade platemaking and finishing services.
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