Binding for Digital Short-Run Book Projects

"Initially, inline finishing equipment was added and put at the back of the [printing] machine," explains Bill Clockel, vice president and owner of Troy, N.Y.-based Integrated Book Technology (IBT). "The problem was that the print engine wanted to produce a book every three minutes, but the binding equipment wanted to produce 60 or 70 per minute. But the makers of the new digital binding equipment recognize there are efficiencies in manufacturing multiple units offline, instead of at the back of the machine."