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Title: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: 30YearsandCounting on October 11, 2007, 12:11:22 PM
Just wondering how many people have more than one ctp unit.  If so, did you buy the second unit because you need the throughput?  Or, is it because you want to make sure you have a back-up?
Title: Re: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: Joe on October 11, 2007, 12:27:19 PM
We just had our 2nd Luscher Xpose 160 installed last weekend. Mainly for throughput but having a CTP backup instead of a film imagesetter is just a bonus.
Title: Re: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: born2print on October 11, 2007, 12:33:24 PM
We have 2, only recently though...
We had a Trendsetter and a Spectrum and we added CTP ability to the spectrum.
In my view, it was 90% for backup, 10% for workload... and the device has been very trouble free to begin with so we're well covered now.

(This does not account for the little vinyl platesetter we also have for business card type work)
Title: Re: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: Slartybartfast on October 11, 2007, 12:48:20 PM
Being in newspapers we have no choice but to have two.(Trendsetter 150 News)
In fact we have backup for everything apart from power and even that's on the cards.
Throughput wise we need two but we would manage with one at a push.
I think you would need to be a fairly big shop to afford a backup (i.e. turnover of around $6,000,000 from past experience) if that was the sole reason for having it.

Cheers Neil



Title: Re: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: johnny_jay on October 11, 2007, 01:55:56 PM
We are replacing our Agfa Xcalibur and film back up with 2 Agfa Avalons running Amigo plates. The first Avalon is up and running and the second will be in by the end of the month.
Title: Re: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: David on October 11, 2007, 04:05:58 PM
got two Lotem 800s with 5 cassettes (full auto, train is about 30 foot long, each one has two ovens, processor and finisher, all in line).


use the sh*t out of 'em.
Title: Re: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: bluekivi on October 12, 2007, 12:41:26 AM
We have one trendsetter at the moment.  Another one is in the works mainly as a backup.  And yeah, we're a big shop.

I'd rather have a backup processor though, it has way more problems.
Title: Re: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: beermonster on October 12, 2007, 01:39:32 AM


still film here :-[

which is nuts  - absolutely mad - i just can't get them to invest
Title: Re: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: born2print on October 12, 2007, 10:36:23 AM
Quote from: beermonster on October 12, 2007, 01:39:32 AMstill film here :-[

which is nuts  - absolutely mad - i just can't get them to invest
My heart weeps for thee
Title: Re: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: beermonster on October 15, 2007, 09:41:55 AM


your heart weeps - my processor leaks......

thanks mate - i was told we'd look at it again in "a couple of years...."

who's "we"....fail to invest and get ready to die
Title: Re: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: T on October 15, 2007, 04:38:39 PM
2 - Spectrum Trendsetters (40" and down)
1 - VLF (40" - 64" plates)
 1- Magnus (40" - 81" plates)
Title: Re: Do you have more than one CTP unit?
Post by: tapdn on October 16, 2007, 02:23:53 PM
We have had two PlateJets from the beginning. Mainly for thruput feeding two shifts on our web, but also for back-up which has saved our butts several times. Getting two new Kodak thermals soon I hear thru the grapevine!