Finishing - Digital

Instead of seeing a gaggle of tire kickers, the printers and trade finishers who perused McCormick Place South during Graph Expo 2011 had more sober intentions. There is clearly pent-up demand in the marketplace, particularly for finishing equipment.

Streamline your production. Increase your profits. View specifications of Rollem's patented -  two-directional finishing technology including diagrams of sheet movement and product applications.

In static sheetfed, web offset and digital printing, the term “crossover” denotes the number of impressions at which a per-unit cost advantage can be gained by switching a job from one process to another. Technological advancements continue to enable companies that offer all or most of these processes to be competitive over a wider range of jobs, extending the run length crossover between processes.

When a specialty project like a flipper brochure comes into the shop, it can be stressful and unprofitable to try to make that happen for the client. However, I’ve found that there are printers that thrive on this kind of work.

At Innovationdays, over 5,000 international experts and professionals in the areas of print-on-demand, data center, direct mail and web finishing are expected to gather to see demonstrations of real-world workflows utilizing the latest in digital print and paper processing technologies.

Erik Cagle is seeking printers to participate in a story about in-line, off-line or near-line finishing in a digital printing environment.

Download the latest 44 page product catalog and bindery production resource from Technifold USA.

Want an honest, open, unbiased and unfettered report on the quantity and quality of visitors who haunted the binding and finishing booths during Graph Expo earlier this month? Fact of the matter is, no such beast exists. Here are some observations that have two sides to them, and may or may not represent the truth.

Removing the tool shafts from a folder is one of the most time-consuming, troublesome (and dangerous) changeover activities for an operator. The new AFC-746F automated folder offers an alternative.

Operating a folding machine—even an automated one—can be a pretty physical job. For example, removing heavy upper and lower tool shafts from a folder involves leaning, bending and lifting from uncomfortable angles, making it one of the most time-consuming, troublesome (and dangerous) changeover activities for an operator. Horizon developed a simpler, safer and faster process […]