Before the switch to entirely inkjet printing, Kerk & Leven was printed by Halewijn on a Mediaman offset press in circulations between 2500 and 75,000 copies, complemented by 4-page local editions with circulations between 5 and 2500 copies printed on two Drent narrow-web presses and inserted in the mailroom. “Since offset is not viable for the many small editions, it was difficult for the Catholic Church to find a printer for its newspaper,” says Vanysacker.

Kerk & Leven abandoned web offset production with the installation of two Océ ColorStream 3900 presses with Hunkeler finishing.

To compile the local editions, the newspaper counts on many contributors among its readers. Thanks to web-based editorial software with a template-based layout, the reader-journalists are able to flow their material right into the pages.