Large-Format Sheetfed Presses -- Bigger Gets Better

By Erik Cagle

Senior Editor

It wasn't long ago that large and extra-large format sheetfed offset presses were considered primary tools for the package printing market.

In Europe, notes Ken Kodama, vice president of sheetfed sales for Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses (MLP U.S.A.), these oversized machines were not used just by folding carton producers, but also by publication and commercial printers. But the productivity of the super-sized press and its ease of use is winning over favor among U.S. printers in the commercial sector.