A Black-and-white Issue

Expectations For The Future

What's next in the realm of black-and-white? What can in-plants count on from digital printing equipment manufacturers?

"[Black-and-white] applications will require even tighter registration and a higher level of image quality than the past monochrome output [options offered]," asserts Canon's Cain. "New products may offer more operator control over image quality than in the past. And, obviously, the cost of maintaining older equipment will be greater than the new products of tomorrow."