The laser engravable pad printing plates from Printing International use CTP technology. CTP stands for “computer-to-plate”. With CTP, the digital images can be engraved directly on the pad printing plate by means of a laser. Without an intermediate step via photographic films, exposure system, development, retouching and etching.
This technology offers several advantages compared to the production of the pad printing plates by means of films and etching:
* better quality of the laser pad printing plate
* more stable halftone images
* more screens can be combined
* sharper edges of the printing images
* less labor intensive; fewer steps are required to a perfect record.
* environmentally friendly
* cost-effective
