GRAPH EXPO and CONVERTING EXPO 2004 -- Star Attraction

Finishing Isn't Finished

Dennis Mason, president of Mason Consulting in Western Springs, IL, predicts that while JDF-compliant equipment may be the focus of attention, the latest automation in the finishing leg of the print production workflow has the potential to grab headlines.

"People realize that there's a lot of labor left in the finishing area," he says. "The process of taking labor out of prepress and the pressroom seems to be reasonably complete, or at least it's hard to go that last mile. I think there's a lot of gold to be mined in the finishing area. Visitors will have the opportunity to see numerous developments they might not have thought about going in to the show."