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Digital or Offset Printing ?

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Digital Printing vs Offset Printing? Many people don’t know the difference between digital and offset printing and when they should be used. Here are a few things to consider when choosing your printing method: Digital Printing These printers resemble the workings of your desktop laser printer, but on an extremely large scale and with color monitoring. They have the capabilities of producing hundreds of printouts in a matter of minutes. Digital Printing is perfect for shorter runs of a few sheets to 1000 sheets. It provides you with prints that are always the same because you have no balance of ink and water during this process. This can be toner based or liquid ink based. It can be black and white or color. The price for short runs will usually be less using digital compared to offset printing. Very short runs can be much more cost effective using digital equipment. The reason is there is very little or no setup or consumables. Digital Printing makes sense when...