Dennison sees opportunity in used CTP

Early adopters of CTP upgrading their machines have opened up a market for secondhand platesetters.

West Yorskshire-based Dennison is offering refurbished Screen FlatRite 1050s with plate processor and new Harlequin RIP from 40,000.

The first generation of machines are out of finance deals and printers are upgrading to thermal, said Dennison sales manager Damon Easto.

The firm hopes to sell up to 20 machines in the UK in the next year and its only problem is finding enough machines to meet demand.

Easto believed the machines price and full automation made it the ideal move to CTP for B2 printers. He also said that finance companies, including Bank of Scotland, were happy to back deals.

Maidenhead Print & Stationery in Berkshire is set to install the first machine and two more have signed deals.