SYSTEM INTEGRATION -- Process Ins and Outs

Japs-Olson Co. in St. Louis Park, MN, has committed to integrating its prepress, pressroom and bindery operations by implementing CIP4 technology. The sheetfed and web printer took its first steps down this path several years ago when it set out to utilize the ink key presetting capabilities of its sheetfed presses, according to Chris Illa, prepress manager. To accomplish its goal, Japs-Olson had to take the initiative and nurture a relationship between the manufacturers of its prepress system and presses, he says.