Bill Blethen

Variation in web inspection systems lets converters see just what they want to see. By Susan Friedman Whether package printers' fiercest print nemesis is skip-out, smudges, streaks, register or color, the web inspection market is teeming with improved approaches to sending defects packing, whether the budget is basic or no-holds-barred. In the narrow-web market, Brian Tithecott, marketing manager for Focus Automation Systems, reports strong sales to pharmaceutical, health and beauty, and prime label printers with a need for high quality, and in the case of pharmaceutical printers, perfection in each impression. "Wide-web printers," he notes in comparison, "are looking at inspection to improve yields.