Special Report: Printers' Outlook: Not Your Father's (or Mother's) Book Manufacturers
Sheridan Press [a division of the Sheridan Group focused on journal production] has a robust digital toner. They're a source for short-run and digital printing. They'll be installing digital case binding this summer, as well. They'll be able to do our POD, but for us, because we didn't have a digital capability, it's been small. Some of our publishers have gone completely digital. In the past that's been a problem. We have shifted a lot of our investment focus from heavy equipment to other things that are software that automates our front-end process. That's where we have the greatest opportunities to reduce cycle time. … We're a little late in the game to the digital front. We're not unhappy about that at all. I'm much more excited with investing in digital ink jet instead of toner tech. I'm glad we waited in that regard. One reason we delayed was because we invested in four-color technology.