The Finishing Touch

For now, increased automation is coming at the right time, stresses MBM's Hall. "In these days of a depressed economy, printers need to be able to compete for all the business, not just a portion of it. Many types of documents are being produced in-house by end users with high-speed duplicating equipment. For this reason, printers must be able to offer higher-end work inexpensively—including bindery services."