Nothing beats high-speed web printing for sheer power of performance. Big offset presses, several stories high, pounding through the night turning out massive numbers of printed newspapers, magazines, and catalogues is validation beyond question of the power of printing.
It is a highly capitalised, highly competitive sector, with barriers of entry so stringent there will be few if any new entrants. With a new big manroland Goss Lithoman about to land for Ovato later this year, Patrick Howard reviews the web landscape in the latest issue of Print21 magazine.