SHORT-RUN BOOKS - Book of One

Getting In-line
As more book manufacturers get into digital short-run printing, the demand for quicker makeready and increased throughput will increase, and more systems—particularly in-line—will be built with that focus in mind, notes Jeff Vierkant, general manager of the Dubuque, IA-based Quebecor World Digital Custom Demand facility. Acknowledging that there is a continuing challenge with in-line finishing, Vierkant believes that front- and back-end manufacturers will work closely in the future to design equipment that will marry digital print engines and in-line bindery equipment, in order to speed up the process from digital file to bound book.