High class pictures, especially with non periodic fine screenings use the advantages of waterless in excellent way clean highly detailed designs (high resolution, low dot gain). They are printed on nearly identical presses like products of conventional offset-only without dempening units. Main applications are high quality publications, catalogues, and illustrated book.
Newspeper printers now have installed a significant number of printing units (KBA Cortina), and in folding boxboard there are some hopeful beginnings.