by Lee Zerfass, Anderson and Vreeland There has been a huge push towards digital printing over the last few years and increased interest in what digital printing has to offer, including short-run printing efficiencies, personalization, prototyping and more. Every digital press is a complicated piece of hardware; the mechanics "under the hood" are scary yet brilliant. … [Read more...] about Digital Front Ends for Package Printing
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A Case for Digital Hardcover Binding
by Richard Romano, Industry Analyst, originally published by PrintPlanet Judging a book by its cover You're picking out a gift for the book lover in your life. You're browsing in your favorite bookstore, and you've narrowed your choice down to one of two titles: a lavish, beautifully printed and bound hardcover book and a standard, perfect-bound paperback. Which says "gift" … [Read more...] about A Case for Digital Hardcover Binding
Digital Finishing Changing Postpress Paradigms
by Jen Clark, PostPress In the last 30 years, digital printing has grown at a very fast pace. Offset printers – commercial and packaging – became early adopters to digital technology and the optimization it offered. But, after an item was printed, the digital processes came to a stop, and highly skilled employees took on the task of completing time-consuming finishing … [Read more...] about Digital Finishing Changing Postpress Paradigms
Digital Print Challenges the Binding and Finishing Process
by Jen Clark, PostPress Keep the customer happy. That's the mantra for printers, finishers and equipment manufacturers alike. With the rise in use of digital printing and its growing popularity, keeping the customer happy comes with a whole new set of worries for postpress experts. Finishing experts ready for digital production issues Customers expect their projects … [Read more...] about Digital Print Challenges the Binding and Finishing Process
Digital Printing Leads to Print Finishing Opportunities
by Marco Bigianti and Andreas Lanter, Bielomatik-Matti AG The market for print products is changing. Instead of high volume production runs, smaller volumes tailored to individual consumer requirements are in demand. Due to digital printing, such highly personalized media now is economically feasible. The market for traditional printing processes is declining, as a … [Read more...] about Digital Printing Leads to Print Finishing Opportunities
Production Digital Print: Changing the Feeding & Finishing Market
by: Jim Hamilton, InfoTrends There are some basic advantages of digital print that sometimes are overlooked. I'm not talking about economic short runs, quick turnaround or the ability to personalize documents. Those are well known and broadly acknowledged. No, I'm talking about capabilities such as electronic collation, automatic duplexing, the ability to mix multiple paper … [Read more...] about Production Digital Print: Changing the Feeding & Finishing Market
Digital Storm: Digital Print in the Offset World
by: Julie Shaffer, Printing Industries of America Statistics are a funny thing. Depending upon the story you want to tell, you can spin the same data to report almost diametrically opposed stories. To illustrate, consider this March 8 headline from an article reported on the Folio: magazine website: "Print Magazine Advertising to Grow in 2010 Despite Popularity of Online." The … [Read more...] about Digital Storm: Digital Print in the Offset World
Fast Impressions with Digital Printing
by: Glenn Schelich, Trends Presentation Products Can we get 4-color process? What is the smallest quantity that can be ordered? We need a different name on each item, can it be done? How soon can we get a quote? How soon can we get a press proof? How soon will the order ship? HOW SOON, HOW SOON, HOW SOON!!!! Sound familiar? These are everyday questions that have to be … [Read more...] about Fast Impressions with Digital Printing