Industry experts speak out on the progress that has been made in automating postpress processes.

By Erik Cagle

While Bolte has few qualms with the progress in the bindery, he believes that some of it’s going to waste. Not product waste, but time.

“While your makereadies are now down to minutes, you can’t take advantage of it because it takes so long to move the skids of signatures from the prior job out of the way and move skids in for the next job,” notes Bolte. “All of this is taking longer than the automated makereadies on the traditional pieces of equipment. This is true, to an extent, with folders and guillotines. The ROI evaporates.”