What's Your Best Bet In The Bindery?

"The 50,000 to 100,000 book runs that were once the hallmark of the bindery market are now fewer and farther between," notes JBI's Francis.

As a result his company has seen a surge in in-plants using newer, faster equipment to cost effectively produce mechanically bound, short-run documents in-house. JBI, as well as the other suppliers interviewed for this article, have responded to the growing on-demand pressures placed on small commercial print and in-plant printers by developing smaller, more operator-friendly equipment that requires less training and provides faster makereadies and throughput times for shorter runs.