SMALL-FORMAT PRESSES -- Small, But Powerful

On-press imaging will be the wave of the future—agrees Martin Petersen, of Akiyama Corp. of America—once the cost is reduced in half from what it is today. Now, the focus is on improving workflows and on using CTP information to preset the ink keys, thus cutting makeready times, he says.

Perfecting Solution
Petersen also notes a growing trend toward the use of the perfector concept in sheetfed printing. "The Akiyama Jprint perfecting press prints both sides of a sheet in one pass, without turning the sheet over or changing the gripper edge," he explains. "This leads to an improved workflow, less waste and faster makereadies."