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Trytten, of xpedx Import Group, is not surprised.

"Every in-plant, almost, has an application for it," he insists. "It also fits the application of the in-plants that maybe moved away from offset, and this allows them to incorporate an offset machine in the office atmosphere."

This is precisely what the County of Tulare's in-plant did. Hal Cypert says his shop has been running about 100,000 color copies a year, with run lengths averaging 1,000 sheets. From now on, though, any order of 300 copies or more will be done on the DI press. The quality will be better, he notes, and a greater variety of stocks can be used.