Six Colors, No Debts

"It's the old business of, 'you can't do it fast enough,' " Merritt explains. "Speed seems to be the big thing nowadays."

The Heidelberg, he says, runs 13,000 sheets an hour in perfecting mode, compared to just half that with the shop's previous capabilities. It has cut makeready time down from one hour to 10 minutes due to its advanced automation features, like auto plate insertion, auto register and auto blanket wash.