State of Web Printing: Web Offset: Still on a Roll?

"Also, folding off the web press dramatically reduces turn times and production costs. This is a production cost often overlooked when comparing sheetfed to web."

The balance between capacity and productivity is a challenge for Japs-Olson. Its new generation web press boasts more firepower and cost-effectiveness than its elder brethren, printing wider, faster and more efficiently. In order to cost-justify the purchase, however, output must be increased "somewhere in the range of three to four times," according to Murphy.