In-plant managers flocked to Chicago to see the latest inkjet printing, binding, mailing, software and other technologies at the largest U.S. print show of the year.

By Bob Neubauer

At the show, Standard demonstrated a new lean book manufacturing process that can produce variable format books of different thickness within a continuous-feed or cut-sheet print stream, with fully automated changeovers. Called the Smart Binding System, the platform was developed with partners Horizon and Hunkeler. It takes post-press finishing requirements into account during job planning and imposition to ensure smooth production. Intelligent readers mounted throughout the system monitor and control the finishing process in real time.

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Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.

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