On-Demand Turns Full-Production Color

For starters, digital presses are now on-press imaging machines targeting the traditional commercial printer—if the digital imaging powers of Presstek and its new alliances with Adast, Ryobi, Sakurai and, hot off the negotiation tables, Didde Web Press, have anything to say about it.

During DRUPA 2000, Didde announced that the objective of its new alliance with Presstek is to create the first UV direct imaging (DI) web press for direct mail. Didde and Presstek anticipate that it will utilize one or more of Presstek's plate technologies. Didde's alliance with Presstek comes as press manufacturers Ryobi, Sakurai and Adast announce new presses featuring Presstek under the hood.