How the Bigger Get Better II

Says SGS Corporate Director of Technology and Innovation, Gary Bernier, "Today, our most important product is probably the support work we do with printers—the onsite consulting services, the press fingerprinting, and the way we help them establish baseline print standards for repeatability."

According to Bernier, image carriers that produce the best results are manufactured with a complete accounting of all printing variables. "When we make a set of separations and plates, we're factoring in impression, densities, trap, press speed, ink viscosity, etc. It's important the press actually runs under those conditions. If not, our separation process becomes a liability because we're trying to hit a moving target."