Fayetteville

ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE—The University of Arkansas Printing Services made a number of new additions to its in-plant facility, including Binuscan's Color Pro color correction software, a CreoScitex EverSmart Pro II flatbed scanner, a CreoScitex Brisque 4 RIP, a Dolev 800 filmsetter, a five-color Komori perfector, a Saber cutter from Colter & Peterson and a 40˝ MBO folder. CALIFORNIA SANTA ANA—Westlam, a supplier of trade laminating and UV coating services, has installed a new Autofeeds laminator as part of its plant modernization program. CONNECTICUT NORTH HAVEN—The William J. Mack Co. has ceased operations after being in business for more than 38 years. Bill Mack has joined

BY CHERYL A. ADAMS Downtime. Million-dollar web presses standing idle, making no money. The thought of such lost productivity is enough to make a newspaper printer lose sleep. Wait! What's that sound? Presses running around the clock? Emerging from an era where large web presses took naps in between morning, afternoon and/or evening editions, newspaper printers are replacing the sounds of silence with the crinkling of cash. No longer afforded the luxury of just printing newspapers, newspaper publishers are getting a rude, but profitable, awakening. As publishers fill costly holes in their print schedules, presses are running at far greater capacities, producing far greater