Large-Format Sheetfed Presses -- Bigger Gets Better

Ken Kodama, MLP U.S.A.: "Yes and no, depending on what kind of jobs you want to run. It's a much larger press investment; you're talking about double the price for a large-format press when compared to a 40˝. Not everyone can afford a press like that, so you need enough volume to feed it and pay for it. It's not going to replace the 40˝ market, but there may be printers who have the volume, that may be looking at large format to do the things they used to do on 40s for increased productivity."