Digital Printing
Author: Jimmy Sturo
Brought to you by Janet Schlarbaum
The techniques of printing have evolved constantly ever since Gutenberg invented the first printing press in the 15th century. Over the years, several new methods of printing have evolved. Digital printing as a printing technology has revolutionized printing concepts and has become the most popular method used today. The technique mainly involves reproduction of digital images on surfaces such as common paper, photographic paper, film, cloth, and plastics.
Though all printed output from a computer is technically digital, this term primarily refers to printing pages of brochures, journals, and booklets from the computer rather than using an offset printing press and commercial printers.
The conventional printing process involves various mechanical steps, such as making films, color proofs, manually stripping the pieces together and making the final design. However, these can be avoided by using the digital printing technology.
The quality achieved by digital printing is unmatched, thus the technology is greatly preferred for high-quality work. Business organizations always go for the digital technique, as it produces the best output, which greatly influences their company?s reputation.
Digital printing is often used for printing business cards, letterheads, envelopes, and folders as these are commonly used by large organizations. The technology has greatly improved the quality and efficiency of printing. Digital prints are popularly used for marketing campaigns by printing banners, posters, flyers, and catalogues.
The advent of digital printing has been of great benefit to the advertising world, as the creativity can be implemented in the best manner. The hoardings and banners that we see today are lively and attractive because of the digital prints.
Digital printing technology has its limitations and cannot compete with high-speed printing methods used for publishing newspapers and magazines.
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