Pressing Into 2000

Since long runs of color documents are a big part of Penn State's workload, Pierick has no plans of saying goodbye to his presses.

"We expect it will remain a part of the equipment mix over the course of the next decade," he predicts.

What's Out There?

New from A.B.Dick is the PowerPro 34—a two-color twin tower portrait press with large press features like a stream feeder and a convertible dampener system. It can run with polyester plates, and features running register, auto crawl and auto setup to ensure faster makeready. The PowerPro 34 offers an inking system that makes it possible to use three ink form rollers in the segregated mode and four ink form rollers in the integrated mode, providing streak-free results.