Executive Forum?Servo-Driven Presses

pP: What other areas of a printer's operation could be impacted by the use of servo-driven presses?

Rosenbaum—The biggest adjustment is managing the substantially increased throughput. Capacity impacts prepress operations as well as post-press operations. Further investments in automated systems, such as roll changing and splicing, will amplify productivity and reduce labor costs and materials waste. The good news is these changes do not have to happen all at once. Higher capacity will quickly illuminate the other areas in the operation that need improvement. Each improvement has a payback that only the printer can evaluate based upon his unique business applications.