drupa 04 Report Binding & Finishing — Building Better Binderi

Once off the press, sheets or rolls are moved to a separate area for binding or finishing. In the case of trade binderies or trade finishing shops, those functions may not even be part of actual print production.

But printing is quickly becoming an integrated manufacturing operation, with inputs consisting of electronic files and raw materials, and the output consisting of finished materials ready for the final user or buyer. This Drupa demonstrated the viability of computer-integrated print manufacturing, with JDF-enabled machines talking to one another, and with finishing operations occurring at press speeds or in-line with the actual printing.