Printing Technology

Digital, Offset or Large Format - What are your options?

Narrowing our options

• What is the final product?

• What is the size of our piece?

• What is our print quantity?

• What paper do we like?

• What are the print requirements?

• Number of colors

• Photographic reproductions

• Amount of ink coverage

• Type and number of finishing operations

What is the final product?

• Invitation sets

• Stationery

• Flat sheet or single sheets

• Brochures

• Booklets

What is our print quantity?

• Single event use item i.e. invitation set

• Multi user item small quantity with many versions i.e. business cards

• Multi user item large quantity with single version i.e. letterheads

• Multi user item with static or variable information i.e. sales brochure

• Multi facility and multi user item i.e. holiday card

What is the size of our piece?

• Can this piece conform to a standard size?

• Click here for standard sizes.

Economical printing size ranges

• Digital Printing

• 8-1/2 x 11 to 12 x 18

• Offset Lithography

• Sheet fed 5 x 7 to 28 x 40

• Web fed 8-1/2 x 11 to 22-1/2 x 35

• Large Format Printing

• 18 x 24 to 60 x 120 and larger

Printing considerations & restraints

• Number of ink colors

• Photographic reproduction quality

• Ink coverage i.e. large solids or straight type

• Sheet to sheet registration

• Type and number of finishing operations

• Type of binding to be used

Digital Printing

• First shown in 1993

• Uses electrophotography technology which
  transfers digital image from imaging drum
  to a blanket to the paper.

• Heat bonds the image to the paper.

• Can print variable images (each sheet is different)
  as compared to static images when printing offset.

See also:

Lithographic and Digital Printing

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