WOA 50th ANNIVERSARY -- Turning up The Heat

On the chemical side, single-fluid inks generally are seen as the most significant potential development. Taking a wait-and-see approach seems to be the order of the day, though.

Dampeners are much better today than they were years ago, thus dampener-related problems have diminished, Holliday points out. "It still will be wonderful when the industry can reliably and cost-effectively operate with a single-fluid system, but the technology is not here yet."