The Perfect Bind

—Steven Calov, Heidelberg

A Need for Speed?

• Yes. The cost of labor is a fixed cost: 1,000 books with a cycle speed of 150 can take up to seven hours, where a 500 cycle an hour will take two hours. At $15 an hour, this means $105 vs. $30.

—Steven Calov, Heidelberg

• This depends on the run length profile you expect to produce. Automated makeready features eliminate downtime, if your run lengths are short. Automated makeready features will overcome the need to run faster.