COLOR CONTROL -- Managing the Variables

"We tried different ink sets, chemicals, blankets, etc., until we got to what we thought was optimum printing on the press," the prepress manager recalls. "We didn't want to set a standard for printing that would take the pressroom hours to achieve."

The shop actually runs three presses, but picked its newest and workhorse press—a six-color, 40˝ Komori sheetfed with coater—to be standard for the pressroom. Veitch then brought its other two six-color presses into line with that machine. "It's not an exact match, but the way the machines all print is very close," Hookway adds.