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

Another trend noted by Erbstein is that of 'zero-makeready' presses. These machines (typically eight units) do four-color printing on four of the units while the other four are being made ready.

First popular among book printers, zero-makeready presses are now being offered for the commercial market, and have the potential of making runs as short as 20,000 practical, with 10,000-impression runs targeted for the future.