Graphic Arts Online - May 1, 2004

The bread-and-butter press of the commercial printing industry is in for an overhaul. The 40" sheetfed model, the standard and overwhelming keystone of commercial print production, is being updated by almost all of the press manufacturers. When the curtain went up on Drupa 2004 on May 6 in Düsseldorf, attendees began seeing the unveiling of the new 40" sheetfeds, many from the ground up, i...

• Columns
• Paper
• Synthetic Grades Making Moves

• Departments
• How'd They Print That?
• Pixel Partnership

• Features
• CTP Plates
• Empowering Plates
• Drupa Arrives
• Drupa Arrives
• Eight-Up CTP
• Eight-Up CTP Innovates
• The Business of Print
• Putting Business Metrics to Work

• Upfront
• Business Outlook
• Manufacturing Activity To Expand, Index Says
• Job Growth Significant Ahead, Says Labor Dept.
• Recovery Is Expected For Factory Production
• Editor's Notebook
• Fun at Drupa: Speculating & Witnessing
• Inside Business
• Buyers' Meeting Highlights Key Trends in Purchasing
• New Memorial Endowment
• MarketWatch
• U.S. Book Trade Surplus Halved During 2003
• Book Price Inflation Stays the Course
• Graphic Arts Index
• News Briefs
• Two Ink Facilities Are Opened
• Survey Indicates An Improvement
• Digital Outlook
• Shorts
• Postal Issues, Media Mix Stir Web Offset Program
• TrendWatch
• Publishers Report On Sourcing of Prepress
• Penetration of Digital, DI Small But Growing
• Digital Color Printing Ready for Prime Time