Automation Equals Speed and Ease

Gould agrees, saying unless runs are over 20,000, speed should not be as important as makeready.

"A 15-minute savings on makeready is equal to 1,000 books per hour run speed advantage on a 20,000 run," he notes. "The question should not be how fast does it run or even how fast is the makeready but, 'what will it cost me to makeready and run my jobs?' "