Web Offset: Shorter Runs, Technology Innovations Enable Competitiveness in a New Print World

MAN Roland has been active in developing direct digital imaging on press, while Goss’s product strategy has stressed offline imaging using CTP, coupled with automatic plate changing. Another trend for both companies is “non-stop” makeready. June 2006 saw the first installation of what Goss terms the world’s first web press equipped with Automatic Transfer to complete four-color job changeovers without stopping the press.