On Demand Offers Drupa Preview

The production line impressed visitors by producing a 200-page book every five seconds, starting from blank paper and ending in a bound copy of such classics as Last of the Mohicans, Pride and Prejudice, Sherlock Holmes and The Odyssey.

Xeikon joined the partnership this year, using its 500 D press to produce the four-color covers. Delphax offered its CR1300 digital web press to print the black-and-white pages. A flying splicer from Keene Technologies allowed production to continue non-stop. A Stralfors LASERMAX LX560 cutter and LX565 stacker created cut-sheet book blocks, and then a Shuttleworth Star Roller conveyor accumulated and indexed the results. Finally a Muller Martini AmigoDigital perfect binder bound the book blocks and covers, which were then trimmed with the new Muller Martini Esprit three-knife trimmer.