Complementary Future of Offset, Digital Printing to Be Seen at Drupa

I would also expect to see many small systems providers showing a range of new software products in the Drupa Innovation Park for enhanced Web-to-print working and multiple media communication.

Imposition Optimization Creates a New Business
One area of Web-to-print that we are now seeing is specialized workflow software to optimize the loading and scheduling of work on the press. In the past few years, particularly in Germany there has been a major rise of Web-to-print where printers are using specialized software to gang multiple jobs on the same press. In this they are mainly using large-format four-color offset presses rather than digital presses for the work.