Saddle Stitchers — It's a Buyer's Market

Smart features are even better: for example, the ST270's and 300's ability to monitor average product thickness over the run and adjust automatically to accommodate changes in paper caliper typical in web stock.

Waste reduction features such as the sequential start and stop of a saddle stitcher should be considered a must. The reduction of books to be uncollated due to makeready start and stops is significant, lowering production costs by eliminating labor and time pulling sigs apart.