ON THE ROAD -- German Tour Opens Printers' Eyes Wide

Chosen as a basis for the comparison were a 10-color, 41? Rapida 105 perfector (five-over-five) press and a six-color, 56? Rapida 142 straight press. Jürgen Veil, marketing manager and print specialist at KBA Radebeul, stepped attendees through a detailed analysis of the impact adding each of these two presses would have on an "average" medium-sized sheetfed shop. Based on the set of parameters he defined, Veil says retooling a shop in this manner will generate press capacity reserves, while substantially reducing labor costs for a standard job mix.