Web Offset -- Turning Up the Heat

Inker design is another movement afoot to answer the need for better print quality and increased color requirements, according to Prentice. He says that presses such as the VS-1020 are designed with the automation, ink trains and flexibility needed to address current trends.

Dave Maret, regional sales manager for Komori America, echoes his contemporaries' viewpoints: "Shorter runs, quicker makereadies, lower waste—they seem like the watch words of the last 20 years. We're constantly doing more things—we've added an automatic platechanger. We are continuing to concentrate on the commercial end and not publications."