Just-In-Time Finishing — Finishing Touches

"Basically when we started our digital book center, the cost of case binding equipment was very high, so we put together a system that would work well with short-run quantities," Mohr recalls, adding the company purchased an old casing-in machine.

Edwards Brothers does its digital finishing work off-line because, according to Mohr, its print engines cannot print fast enough to keep up with the finishing equipment. The firm runs three printing shifts a day, but only one finishing shift, and typically does runs from 25 to 500 pieces.