Chronicle débuts new printing press
Posted by Emily Dilling on July 7, 2009 at 5:43 AM
The San Francisco Chronicle will begin printing with a full colour press intended to enhance the quality of graphics, photographs, and advertisements SFGate.com reported.
The paper will print colour graphics on each page and adopt a more magazine-like format. Other changes include a shorter and narrower edition that will be more manageable and less likely to crease or wrinkle.
The paper will print colour graphics on each page and adopt a more magazine-like format. Other changes include a shorter and narrower edition that will be more manageable and less likely to crease or wrinkle.
Chronicle publisher Frank J. Vega said the new format "is going to give
us a lot more vibrancy and flexibility in what we do" calling the new
edition a "high-definition newspaper".
Before the updated presses the paper was working with machinery that was over 50 years old, making the changes not only overdue but also remarkable because the Chronicle is one of the biggest U.S. newspapers to switch to a narrow, more European style.
The new presses are indicative of the Chronicle's commitment to print editions, which Vega expanded on saying, "even though newspapers are going through a traumatic period, we think there's still a place for ink on paper."
Before the updated presses the paper was working with machinery that was over 50 years old, making the changes not only overdue but also remarkable because the Chronicle is one of the biggest U.S. newspapers to switch to a narrow, more European style.
The new presses are indicative of the Chronicle's commitment to print editions, which Vega expanded on saying, "even though newspapers are going through a traumatic period, we think there's still a place for ink on paper."
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