WOA 50th ANNIVERSARY -- Turning up The Heat

Broad Range of Advancements

Picking up on a theme Ringman introduced earlier, consultant Lamparter believes the full impact of technological developments on the web offset industry has been broader than any one given advancement.

"The most significant impact can be seen in the perhaps understandable failure of many web offset printers to adopt current-generation technology," he asserts. "This inaction is understandable, considering the capital investment required, but it's not necessarily wise. Given crews of equal competence, it is difficult for a five- to seven-year-old or older machine to compete with a fully automated 2000+-era press."