WOA 06 Special Report — Rolling With the Changes

“We’ve been doing this analysis for a number of years and, while the problem is not as severe as it was, the change is pretty marginal,” he continues. “Closed-loop color control should be on every web press printing a magazine or catalog. Obviously, that’s still not the case today.”

The market potential for other advances in web technology, such as auto transfer capability and even wider webs, remains an open question, Lamparter believes.