A system for making a door assembly of the kind having an internal frame, a core, and first and second door skins attached to the frame on either side of the core, wherein each of the door skins has a planar portion bordering at least one recessed panel portion, said system comprising: a scanning system configured to survey an outer surface of the first door skin and to obtain surface data therefrom identifying a location of the at least one recessed panel portion on the first door skin; a controller in communication with the scanning system, the controller configured to receive the surface data obtained by the scanning system; and a press in operable communication with the controller, the press including a first set of actuators and a second set of actuators , each actuator in the first and second sets of actuators including a press member coupled thereto, wherein the first set and second set of actuators are configured to drive their corresponding press member toward each other for pressing the door assembly in a pressing operation, and wherein the press, based on the surface data from the controller indicating a location of the at least one recessed panel portion on the first door skin, is configured to selectably actuate a first group of actuators from the first set of actuators and a second group of actuators from the second set of actuators during the pressing operation, such that the corresponding press members of the selected first group of actuators directly contact the at least one recessed panel portion of the first door skin and compress a portion of the core underlying the at least one recessed panel portion of the first door skin, and the corresponding press members of the selected second group of actuators directly contact the at least one recessed panel portion of the second door skin and compresses a portion of the core underlying the at least one recessed panel portion of the second door skin. a scanning system configured to survey an outer surface of the first door skin and to obtain surface data therefrom identifying a location of the at least one recessed panel portion on the first door skin; a controller in communication with the scanning system, the controller configured to receive the surface data obtained by the scanning system; and a press in operable communication with the controller, the press including a first set of actuators and a second set of actuators , each actuator in the first and second sets of actuators including a press member coupled thereto, wherein the first set and second set of actuators are configured to drive their corresponding press member toward each other for pressing the door assembly in a pressing operation, and wherein the press, based on the surface data from the controller indicating a location of the at least one recessed panel portion on the first door skin, is configured to selectably actuate a first group of actuators from the first set of actuators and a second group of actuators from the second set of actuators during the pressing operation, such that the corresponding press members of the selected first group of actuators directly contact the at least one recessed panel portion of the first door skin and compress a portion of the core underlying the at least one recessed panel portion of the first door skin, and the corresponding press members of the selected second group of actuators directly contact the at least one recessed panel portion of the second door skin and compresses a portion of the core underlying the at least one recessed panel portion of the second door skin. <EOS>