WOA 06 Special Report — Rolling With the Changes

“Retrofitting new fountains with presetting and closed-loop color adjustment to replace 15- to 20-year-old original components would have a measurable payback—less waste and quicker makeready. Doing that would probably be worth the effort. Installing new drives and controllers and motorizing manual registration controls on a press that is 20 years old may not be worth the investment,” he concludes.