Future Components for New Concepts of Printing Presses

The long tradition of printing is a process of continuously optimizing press design. Speaking about innovations of printing presses, today new printing processes like electrophotography or ink jet are a focal point. They are especially interesting for short run applications because of their potential for reducing make ready times. However, high volume printing will have a high market share in the future, and in this segment of the printing business make ready times are not such a high priority as in the short run market. Other press components in this technology become important for the total costs per copy. The aims of all new concepts for these high volume presses are: