Digital Domains

This addition, Skipton says, has cut paper costs in half, freed up 120,000 square feet of storage and processing space, eliminated human error and allowed the shop to offer 24-hour turnaround times.

"We print just-in-time, on-demand," Skipton says.

Thanks to digital printing equipment, in-plants everywhere are able to boast similar capabilities. Xerox DocuTechs have turned hundreds of in-plants into on-demand printers, and now digital color equipment is adding color to the equation. Devices like the Agfa Chromapress, the Indigo E-Print, the Xerox DocuColor 40 and the T/R Systems Cluster System are allowing in-plants to provide short-run color right from digital data. And the savings are tremendous.