Offset's Rough Road To Prominence

"When we started this we were more or less the only player, and it was difficult to convince customers that this is going to be the technology of the future," explains Blumberg, of Heidelberg.

By 1993 spark discharge had made way for Pearl technology, a laser imaging process developed by Presstek and used on the GTO line. The next year, In-Plant Reproductions recognized Heidelberg, and other vendors, when we honored direct digital color printing as our Industry Leader of the Year.