The Digital Bindery

The finishing end of the entire on-demand printed product workflow is the poor stepchild of the digital family, watching in envy as the prepress and printing sides get the technological pony for Christmas. But it shouldn't and doesn't have to be that way.

There are ample reasons to keep all finishing aspects of the on-demand assembly line up to date. All of them involve the print customer and keeping him/her happy. Easier said than done, to be sure, as on-demand finishing challenges abound for the quick-turnaround printer.