Digital Domains

One big advantage, Goalen says, is that if some of the printers are down, others can still produce work.

"We can have some down time and not be completely shut down," he says. His system consists of four 24-ppm printers, which allow the shop to produce 96 ppm.

For Starkey Laboratories, in Eden Prairie, Minn., an Agfa Chromapress 32i was the solution in early 1998 to bring short runs of full color work like promotional literature and sales materials back in-house. Starkey, a manufacturer of hearing aids, now prints more than 200,000 pieces each month, reportedly saving the company $35,000 per month in outsourcing costs.