Postpress Efficiency — Bringing Up the Rear

“In print shops doing mostly standardized jobs—magazine printers, for example—JDF can make a major impact. But with commercial printers that seek to accept virtually any job that comes along, standardization is impossible, and automation expenditures are difficult to justify. My guess is that JDF and true automation will be a long time coming in these plants. In fact, the wider acceptance of automation could make if very difficult to remain a printer that accepts any job.”