PRINT 01 PREVIEW -- Power of PRINT

Holliday says that manufacturers will be continuing to push the adoption of closed-loop color control. He also expects to see efficient and flexible plate and folder changing devices to be highlighted.

"We'll see more automation and more flexibility. All of these features are intended to really reduce the minutes between the runs, as well as the spoilage. As run lengths get shorter and shorter, two things happen: the percentage that the press is in run mode compared to make-ready gets lower, and spoilage as a percentage really starts to climb. If you cut the number of good copies in half, you've just doubled your spoilage. If you're a web printer, you darn well better be paying attention to your makeready because it's a bigger and bigger percentage of your success," Holliday states.