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This level of continuous production creates a need to ensure that quality is maintained. Live inspection systems are going to be widespread, as technologies that have been pioneered in packaging applications by MAN Roland, KBA and Mitsubishi, become a mainstream. Video inspection can check every sheet for defects and reject those that fail to match the set standard. Heidelberg has taken a different approach with a spectrophotometer mounted inside the press to measure colour on every sheet. On a Speedmaster CD74 this cuts make ready times and eliminates fluctuations during the print run. Other manufacturers offer this closed loop control through the control desk.