Modern Litho Focuses on Short-run Work with Speedmaster Press

“Not only can we come up to color within 100 sheets, but we can maintain it for the entire run without stopping the press,” he said. “You can’t compare functionality like that to a pressman with a densitometer, no matter how talented he may be.”

Other key stress-busters include the CutStar sheeter, which reduced paper costs and increased paper feeding productivity, and AutoPlate XL, which works in tandem with Inpress Control to reduce makeready times via fast, convenient, simultaneous plate-changing. Additional savings come from Inkline Direct, which automatically feeds the press from large-capacity drums of ink, lowering ink costs by about 15 percent.