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

Medium-size perfectors are more competitive at producing a succession of smaller jobs with a limited number of pages, KBA contends. Both platforms are said to offer similar performance in terms of quality, makeready times, manning levels and maximum running speeds.

As a common starting point for the printing demonstrations, the open house also featured an overview of a new management information system, called technoPLAN, from Rogler Software, a company based in Switzerland. The system was used to plan and estimate the test job for both presses.