drupa 04 Report Binding & Finishing — Building Better Binderi

Trend IV: The Popularity of Digital Printing Is Spawning New In-line Finishing Concepts. Although Drupa 2000 was termed the Digital Drupa, digital printing truly hit its stride at Drupa 2004. Companies like Xerox, Xeikon, NexPress, Nipson and Hewlett-Packard demonstrated the latest in digital printing—in many instances with in-line finishing. Labels were being produced and finished live at the show, and complete books were printed and bound in one continuous stream.