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Computer-To-Screen imaging delivers an effective return on investment in material and time savings.  The comparison (below) is a real case study, your saving may differ due to geography.  Contact Us for to discuss how these savings turn into a ROI analysis for your company.

Conventional Film Based Production

Check Art Work

5 Minutes

Image Dry Film

4 Minutes

Folder Prep, Inspection & Placement

10 Minutes

Vacuum & Expose

2 Minutes

Wash Out

2 - 3 Minutes

Inspection &  Blocking

5 Minutes

Press Setup

6 Minutes

Production Using a PlanetB Solution

 

Check Art Work

5 Minutes

Image CTS

3 Minutes

 

 Expose

30 Seconds

Wash Out

1 - 1.5 Minutes

Inspection &  Blocking

2 Minutes

Press Setup

4 Minutes

By The Numbers

Conventional Imaging

PlanetB Imaging

Savings

Savings

35 Minutes or:

$ 7.50 in Labor

$ 2.00 in Film

$ 9.50 Total

13 Minutes or:

$ 1.90 in Labor

$   .15 in Uv Block

$ 2.05 Total

Time

22 Minutes per Screen

Cost

$ 7.45 per Screen

 

10 Color Job

3.6  Hours in Time

$74.50 in Cost

 

Ask our Customers

 

Gary Huddell from AMPRO Sports states:

"The Galaxy has changed our opinion regarding CTS technology...  We have reduced our production and setup times by half while significantly improving the quality of AMPRO's products.  If you do not use the Galaxy in Screen Making, you are throwing profits out of the window."

Quality Improvement

  Piezo Electric Technology This is also know as "variable drop on demand" technology.  The printhead picks the proper drop size to fill halftone detail or large solids.  The smallest droplet used is 4pl or .0004" on the emulsion.
  Custom Calibration Every system is delivered with a straight line calibration i.e. 1% = 1%, 50% = 50% ... Some companies need to match existing prints for reruns.  Part of the training schedule includes custom calibrations to show the operator or artist how to calibrate for specific conditions.
  Elimination of Film and Glass By eliminating these filters from the path of the Uv light, many of the defects that make their way to the final print no longer exist.  Thus, pinhole defects are do not become part of the design.  Lastly, improved Uv penetration reduces the need to overexpose to harden the emulsion at the expense of print quality.
  Intimate Drop Contact PlanetB's imaging technology insures sharp edges, fine detail retention both in the highlights as well as the shadows. 

 

Detail Using Film - Not only is the detail on the ends blown out, the scale is compressed because of the tendency for over exposing to increase hardening.

Detail Using CTS - Note the improvement in detail retention, and how linear the scale is.

Faster Setup

A note about Registration CTS is not a magic bullet for perfect registration.  That said, registration will improve significantly with one of PlanetB's systems.  To truly achieve "Lock and Run" conditions you must: have control over mesh tension from screen to screen, if using retentionables - flatter and square is better than racked and racked, have level pallets, proper squeegee pressure.
System Repeatability +/- .002 screen to screen
Registration Systems

Compatible with:

Newman PinLock™ Registration System

M&R Tri-Lock

MHM Registration System

 

 

 

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