Sheetfed Solutions

Speeding up

For package printers, time is money. Printers want faster ways to get a job completed. Suppliers suggest press speed is not the key issue, however, since presses often do not run at their rated speeds.

There are other ways to look at the speed issue. "DRUPA showed clearly which direction the market is going, and that is integration of prepress and press," Schmidt says. "That is really what it boils down to. How fast can I get proper plates on my press?"