Y2K--A Common Cause

* The highest degree of computerized automation is in the prepress function, thus it is the most problematic area. Maher stresses that no one area of the pressroom is problematic.

"Things are a lot more stable than we originally thought, especially with embedded systems," Maher says. "Most embedded processors will not have problems. The problems they do have will be cosmetic and not affect the way they run.