The Coming Of The Digital Dynasty

"The offset compresses a lot down into film and CMYK," Furstenau explains. "This is CMYK, but it's digital and closer to the electronic file. We don't have film and plates."

Webfed, two-sided digital systems don't get all the glory, though. Marvin Shimabukuro, operations manager at Halawa Correctional Facility, in Aiea, Hawaii, speaks very highly of the quality that his shop's sheetfed DocuColor 40 delivers. More importantly, his press operators—the true experts—compliment the system's capabilities.