High-Speed Inkjet Presses: Next Round of Investments

Jobs that require spot colors, spot or flood coating, and UV varnishing need to be run offset or run through a secondary off-line process. Two-sided printing (required on 15 to 20 percent of Folder Express' offset jobs) also requires a separate aeration step in an off-line unit.

Folder Express continues to use both its 28˝ and 40˝ Mitsubishis for the longer runs. The shop is still testing the break-even point between offset and inkjet, but it feels that it will come out around 2,000 pieces.