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Along with servos, sleeves have revolutionized wide-web presses. Not only are sleeves lighter and easier to handle than cylinders—in most cases— they can be cheaper, too.

"Fast-change flexo sleeve presses have also become virtually universal, while there still is a significant market for servo driven 8- to 10-color automated cylinder presses fitted with robots, servo drives, automatic deck positioning, and automatic impression setting, especially where very high production speeds of up to 2,000 fpm, long runs, and wide widths are involved," Deamer said.