Digital and Offset Convergence -- Going Long on Shorter Runs

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Product size is mainly what dictates if a job is printed sheetfed or web. “If it fits the cutoff, odds are the work will go web,” he adds. Even a 5,000 run of a 64-page magazine or catalog will routinely be put on a web press, but a piece 13? on the spine that can be run two-up will be put on a sheetfed press for runs of 5,000 to 500,000.