Digital Printing vs. Offset Printing

is best for on-demand printing, small quantities, short-run book printing and variable data printing.; Digital printing outputs each page with the ink or toner cured and ready for finishing.; Offset printing uses wet inks and the printed sheets typically have to dry for a certain time period or the ink will smudge or “offset” when cutting, folding, booklet making, etc.; So for your on-demand printing needs of rush orders, the best choice would be to use a digital printing company.

Smaller quantities are best printed on a digital press because large printing orders typically cost less when printed offset with traditional lithographic printing equipment.; A digital printing company pays the press manufacturer per click, impression or per sheet for supplies and service regardless if the press is on a lease or paid in full.; So the cost for one sheet or a million is the same per piece.; But on an offset press, the majority of the cost is setup time and then paper cost.; Since offset printing is 5 to 10 times faster than digital printing, once the press is set for a particular job, the actual printing is completed quickly.; For example, a 100,000 quantity flyer order may take 1 hour on a printing press (setup and printing) that fits 16 pages on a single large press sheet.; On the other hand, it may take two days to complete such a large job on a digital press that only fits 2 pages on it’s much smaller press sheet.; But for small orders, there is no paper waste for setup of digital printing equipment, and within seconds quality printed sheets are ready for finishing.

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