Postpress Automation — Backing into IT

To round out the discussion, a couple of leading vendors of postpress equipment provided their perspectives on some of the issues. Both are CIP4 member companies.

Older generation equipment does present a challenges, agrees Werner Naegeli, president and CEO of Muller Martini Corp. "JDF integration is really only feasible with current or new equipment," he says. "Retrofitting the required servos and automated makeready capabilities to take data directly through JDF on older machinery is not feasible."