Digital Printing VS Offset Printing EcoGraphics Professional Colour Printing

Digital Printing is a steadily growing industry offering more options and services to commercial printing and making professional printing accessible and affordable for personal use. Digital Printing technology is common to many western households, present in the form of laser printers and inkjet printers.

Professional Digital Printing replicates a computer aided artwork onto a certain substrates by transfer of toner or liquid ink. Digital Print Technology has steadily improved from black and white copiers to four colour process (CMYK) digital printing making colour printing of small and wide format relatively cheap and easy.

Although Digital Printing is widely accessible by today’s printing standards, Digital Printing accounts for approximately 9% of the 45 trillion pages printed annually world-wide. The other 90% is printed using Offset Printing. Offset Printing allows for printing large print runs cheaply. Offset Printing takes the inked images and transfers it (“offsets”) from a plate to a rubber blanket that is then imprinted to the substrate. Offset Lithography relies on the repulsion of oil from water whereby the flat image carrier obtains ink from the rollers and the non-printing areas attract a water-based film called “fountain solution”. The non-printed areas are therefore kept ink free with the repulsion of ink.

Digital printing is more expensive per sheet of paper than offset printing; however Digital Printing eliminates the many mechanical steps of Offset Printing including colour proofs, making plates and films and cleaning rollers. It is for this reason that Offset Printing is great for large print runs – marketing collateral, books, newspapers – and Digital Printing is much more suitable for short print runs or individual printing including Banners, Flyers, Canvas Prints, Signage, Stickers, Posters and Vehicle Signage.

Digital Printing has a shorter turn around with the assurance that every print will be the same. There is less waste and fewer variations (balancing ink and water amounts isn’t an issue). Cheaper Printing Costs for lower volume printing and Variable Data Printing make Digital Printing a much more flexible form of printing.

Ecographics Digital Printing Services offer a diverse range of Printing Services all with high image quality. For fast printing solutions at affordable prices contact the team at Ecographics. Ecographics offer complete customisable design and printing for your marketing material or personal print project. Digital Printing is constantly improving with technological advancements in printing mediums, colour definition, proofing and efficiency. So for superior quality and personal service, visit EcoGraphics Digital Printing and Signs at www.ecographics.com.au or Call 1300 976 787.

Digital Printing is a steadily growing industry offering more options and services to commercial printing and making professional printing accessible and affordable for personal use. Digital Printing technology is common to many western households, present in the form of laser printers and inkjet printers.

Professional Digital Printing replicates a computer aided artwork onto a certain substrates by transfer of toner or liquid ink. Digital Print Technology has steadily improved from black and white copiers to four colour process (CMYK) digital printing making colour printing of small and wide format relatively cheap and easy.

Although Digital Printing is widely accessible by today’s printing standards, Digital Printing accounts for approximately 9% of the 45 trillion pages printed annually world-wide. The other 90% is printed using Offset Printing. Offset Printing allows for printing large print runs cheaply. Offset Printing takes the inked images and transfers it (“offsets”) from a plate to a rubber blanket that is then imprinted to the substrate. Offset Lithography relies on the repulsion of oil from water whereby the flat image carrier obtains ink from the rollers and the non-printing areas attract a water-based film called “fountain solution”. The non-printed areas are therefore kept ink free with the repulsion of ink.

Digital printing is more expensive per sheet of paper than offset printing; however Digital Printing eliminates the many mechanical steps of Offset Printing including colour proofs, making plates and films and cleaning rollers. It is for this reason that Offset Printing is great for large print runs – marketing collateral, books, newspapers – and Digital Printing is much more suitable for short print runs or individual printing including Banners, Flyers, Canvas Prints, Signage, Stickers, Posters and Vehicle Signage.

Digital Printing has a shorter turn around with the assurance that every print will be the same. There is less waste and fewer variations (balancing ink and water amounts isn’t an issue). Cheaper Printing Costs for lower volume printing and Variable Data Printing make Digital Printing a much more flexible form of printing.

Ecographics Digital Printing Services offer a diverse range of Printing Services all with high image quality. For fast printing solutions at affordable prices contact the team at Ecographics. Ecographics offer complete customisable design and printing for your marketing material or personal print project. Digital Printing is constantly improving with technological advancements in printing mediums, colour definition, proofing and efficiency. So for superior quality and personal service, visit EcoGraphics Digital Printing and Signs at www.ecographics.com.au or Call 1300 976 787.