The Repository in Canton, Ohio, at the end of May went live with NewsXtreme software from Presteligence Inc. to drive its new computer-to-plate workflow consisting of two Kodak Trendsetter News 150 machines, which the publisher commissioned in June.

The Repository’s previous workflow consisted of Presteligence’s Guss spooling software and BlackMagic for color-calibrated proofing.

Photo: The Repository
Doug Klimes, project manager and Jason Celce of Presteligence, setting up The Repository’s NewsXtreme workflow software.
 

“Right now you have conventional plate pricing and film pricing going upward and CTP pricing coming down and with the volume we do, we can now justify the move to CTP monetarily,” said Kevin Ackerman, director of operations.

In addition to its daily product, The Repository (Monday-Friday, 65,789; Sunday, 78,066) is a national print site for The New York Times.