drupa 04 Report Binding & Finishing — Building Better Binderi

Nowhere was the effect of digital technology more evident than in the postpress or print finishing areas—generally viewed as the last bastion of labor intensity and hard-to-define production processes. Here are some significant trends in the finishing area that were evident at Drupa 2004:

Trend I: JDF-enabled Bindery Equipment Foretells an Automated Future in the Bindery. Automating the production of both short and long runs, and the ability to account for the wide variation in formats and titles, could be seen throughout the exhibition.