SPECIAL REPORT -- The State of Web Printing - Web Printing At Mid-Decade

Printers often fail to effectively use the automation features available on modern presses and the detailed management information that is available. Doyle attributes this to the general reluctance of printers (and their operating personnel) to change their operating methods.

He points out that, today, only a small percentage of printers use CIP3/4 data to automatically set ink keys, despite that feature having been available on most presses for more than a decade.