CLOSED-LOOP COLOR CONTROL — SMALL CHALLENGES, BIG REWARDS

“Now you just press a button and there are all your dot gains, across the page, for every color. You know whether a problem is print related or an issue with a supplied proof.”

Banta also reaped an interesting revelation that indicated getting color up to ‘lap speed’ was not always the final issue that held a job up from producing sellable copies. After the CLC system was installed, a “last thing that kept you from saving” chart was put on the press. Sometimes problems centered around folds, register motors moving slower than desired, or web guides slowing and binding up. In essence, the CLC helped draw attention to deficiencies elsewhere during press runs.