Sheetfed Offset--Running With The Big Dogs

Martin Petersen, marketing manager for Akiyama Corp. of America, recently attended the NAPL Top Management Conference, during which the group listed the most critical elements facing printers. Topping the list was on-time delivery, thus the ever-popular concentration on faster press makereadies.

"By having (CIP3) standards, it will allow the printer to use the information in makeready—in my case, the press—and be able to preload that information onto the equipment," Petersen states.