Collating Equipment — Collating Cravings

"Another important item would be customization to (the printer's) specific application," stresses Jay Katz, vice president of Prosystem USA. "We are constantly customizing controls, machine configurations and building in-line connections to other downstream equipment in the customer's plant."

Katz reports that the trend toward shorter runs and personalization of products is always a driving force behind design changes in his company's equipment. Customized collating jobs requiring special combinations of sheets now require complete and variable programmability in each station of a collator, he explains.