No Film – No Problem.

In 1997, Lange Graphics installed the first CREO Computer-To-Plate (CTP) imaging system in the Midwest. Since then, our printing has never looked better.

With CTP, original digital art files are simply assembled electronically into digital forms, then exposed directly to the printing plate with thermal laser technology.

Because it's more predictable, consistent and infinitely more accurate than imaging plates with lithographic film, our unique CREO thermal CTP system eliminates the two most important quality-degrading variables caused by film: uncontrolled distortion, such as dot gain, of the halftone dot and misregistration due to poor film fit. As a result, your printing benefits in several ways:

• Our presswork can exceed conventional film-based reproduction in critical highlight and shadow mid-tones. We can literally print a 1% dot if need be.

• Presswork can be run at much higher ink densities for more intense color saturation than with conventionally-imaged plates.

• CTP-imaged plates are capable of much finer screen rulings for better detail retention and consistency. Vignettes print smoother and much more consistently than ever before.

• Plate registration is digitally precise – allowing for faster press make-ready and approvals and far less wasted paper.

• Reprints are much easier to match.

Seeing is Believing

If you are skeptical about CTP, we invite you to allow us to produce a reprint project that was originally produced by a printer with a conventional film-based workflow. You will be astounded by the difference in quality.

Of course that is not always possible. Click here to request printed samples – they speak for themselves.

Contact us for more information about our CREO Computer-To-Plate workflow or to schedule a tour of our facility.

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Fuji FinalProof™

FinalProof™ is a breakthrough in digital halftone technology for the high-end commercial printer. Fujifilm's FinalProof™ provides true halftone dot screening at the same resolution as our output recorders while using Fujifilm's pigment-based colors. FinalProof™ is the combination of fully automatic imaging, pigment CMYK colors, multiple resolutions, and true halftone screening combined with the ability to laminate to actual paper stock.


Why is CTP better than film?

• Film is unpredictable– reacting dramatically to changes in temperature and humidity.

• The integrity of the halftone dot is difficult to maintain from creation to press.

• Easily-damaged film is primarily a single-use media.

• The sandwich of film, mylar, carriers, tape and mounting media is difficult, if not impossible to recycle.

• Film attracts dust and dirt, resulting in specs and scratches on the printing plate.