Years after the Green Button Revolution changed the way we print, that same concept is now coming to the bindery.

By Al Boese

Basically, it is the next stage of automation in digital printing, and it is now beginning to affect all phases of paper handling, binding, protecting and the other print finishing processes. Green Button means that worker intervention is minimized; in its most ideal form, the operator merely needs to load the machine and press a button (which is most often green). The final product comes out the other end.