Sheetfed Presses--Getting Connected

"The objective still remains to cut every bit of time that the press is not producing sellable work between one job and the next, and to make the workflow as automated as possible—from prepress all the way to the pressroom," states Robert McKinney, director of sales and marketing.

Likewise, Shinohara is striving to help customers reduce the time lost during makeready or production due to errors in plate mounting or color variations while printing. One step toward that goal was accomplished shortly after DRUPA 1995, when Shinohara joined the CIP3 consortium, according to Leo F. Caproni III, general manager of Shinohara USA West. Ultimately, that led to the release of its CIP3 workstation and the SCCS (Shinohara Color Control Station).