Article: New webs sleeker, faster with added high-tech. (new web offset printing presses)

Sleeker. Faster. Additional high-tech features. Cost efficient. No, we're not talking about high-performance cars here. These are the adjectives being applied to the latest wave of web offset presses coming onto the market--much of which will be on display at the Drupa '95 printing equipment exposition taking place in Germany this month--and offering significantly improved features.

'Two words describe the major trends in web technology: gapless and waterless. With paper prices continuing to rise and web printers seeking faster makeready and shorter cutoffs, both gapless and waterless webs make sense.

A press design that eliminates an allowance in the cylinder ...

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