Book Printing--Mixed Results, Mixed Future

Mead also notes that some educational publishers are moving quickly toward CTP workflows, a challenge since peaks and valleys in educational publishing occur due to the adoption process and typically high-page-count books with modest print runs. Cycles in the market create large peaks of manufacturing demand, which outstrip current industry capacity during those peaks. And, while Banta has been using digital workflows for a number of years—and has solid and growing capacity—many printers are just now making the transition, which adds to industry bottlenecks.