CTP for newspapers has begun to spread rapidly in Japan. In the plate production section, the workflow by conventional film plotter and PS plate-maker is shifting to the CTP workflow by which outputs the plate directly. In such plate production environment, the effective correspondence with each system relates to CTP, the workflow and the demands on printing quality has been changing recently. Increasingly, demands for functions and expectations for CTP are increasing, beyond the prediction of the trade. The sequence of events about the CTP product development and expectations in the future will be reported as a CTP manufacturer, considering the change in newspaper production system, the expansion of CTP-ization and the positioning of future's CTP systems all together.
