Shrinking Presses, Rising Profits

"Presses like our Roland 300 and 500 are redefining the half-size category," points out Christian Cerfontaine, MAN Roland's director of marketing. "Both models feature a six-up, 23x29˝ format instead of the classic four-up size, and they are fast"—16,000 sph and 18,000 sph, respectively.

The breadth of high-quality, high-productivity product offerings is leading to a trend in printers "right-sizing" their pressroom lineups. So says John Dowey, vice president of product management, sheetfed, at Heidelberg USA.