NEWSPAPER PRESSES -- Pressing Issues

"For the past two years or so we've been selling more four-color units than ever, and the demand is continuing," adds Charles Gath, vice president of sales at Web Press Corp. in Kent, WA.

Color is just one of four key press capabilities that newspaper publishers are demanding in order to withstand the challenge from the Internet and other media—both print and electronic, says Greg Norris, manager of marketing communications for Heidelberg Web Systems in Dover, NH. To remain competitive, he believes news-paper presses also must provide: