Coldset Web Offset -- No Heat, No Sweat

"The days of people running old and tired non-heatset presses and not making investments in technology are in the past," he states. "Printers are taking the necessary steps in prepress, press and postpress to present the high-quality product that will compete fairly with the heatset market."

Heidelberg Web Systems addresses the newspaper end with the Mainstream 80, a 1x4 press that utilizes the same gapless technology that can be found on its commercial Sunday Presses, and a press that customers are looking at for non-heatset applications beyond just newspaper printing. Enhancements have been made to the Mercury and V30 presses, which can run as either heatset or non-heatset, while the M-130—a full-fledged commercial press—boasts the same flexibility and is a favorite of the financial printing market.