The Next Wave - Digital Directions

"Before 2000, adaptive process control environments will be commercially available to optimize such key production devices as digital color proofers and digital front ends."

Efrem Lieber, director of sales and marketing at Presstek, on direct-to-press imaging.

"Digital direct-to-press imaging is alive and well for 1999—and beyond. Users of Heidelberg Quickmaster DI and Adast 705C DI presses are producing litho quality on short-to-medium-run work at low costs per page, all in highly productive turnaround times. This year will bring improved makeready to the Quickmaster, as well as the first installations of the Scitex-KBA 74 Karat and Heidelberg Speedmaster 74 DI presses. Along with the Adast 705C DI, these four-page DI presses will provide commercial printers with the cost and quality benefits of on-press direct imaging and the productivity of larger formats.