This in-depth guide, which focuses on lithogrpahy, will help printing firms of all sizes develop the best facility design and layout for printing operations and support services regardless of whether they are building a new plant, adding to an existing one, acquiring, or re-organizing. Recommended.

From the Foreword: “All printers face an expansion decision at some time. The needs of the printer will differ according to the type of printing business, the equipment, and the facility. The ideas presented in this book will help printing firms, primarily lithographers, of all sizes develop the best facility design and laoyout for their printing operations and support services...[This book] is an extended in-depth course on planning and designing a plant for lithographic operations...”

Target Audience: Decision makers in lithographic and other printing facilities.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Planning Printing Plant Size

Printing Plant Layout Essentials

Facility Specifications: Operational Area

Facility Specifications: Support Services

Office Areas and Activities Relationships

Material Handling

Bibliography