Offset presses continue to be star performers for in-plants.

By W. Eric Martin

Adds VanderWal, “On heavy coverage, we find more cracking on the spine of folds with digital due to the inks and the heat involved.”

Other Toner Problems

Rich Bundsgaard, director of Print, Mail and Copy Solutions at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has run into similar problems.

“There can be additional finishing issues with toner-based imaging inherent with certain projects, where offset will allow more flexibility,” he says. This makes his 20x28? five-color Komori perfecting press the preferred machine when working with certain PMS inks, metallics and tricky customer-requested finishes.