Digital_printing

Digital printing is the reproduction of digital images on physical surface, such as common or photographic paper, film, cloth, plastic, etc.

It can be differentiated from litho printing in many ways, some of which are;

• Every impression made onto the paper can be different, as opposed to making several hundred or thousand impressions of the same thing from one set of plates, as in traditional methods.
• The Ink or Toner does not absorb into the paper, as does conventional Ink, but forms a layer on the surface.
• It generally requires less waste in terms of chemicals used and paper wasted in set up.
• It is excellent for rapid prototyping, or small print runs which means that it is more accessible to a wider range of designers.

Examples of major commercial digital printing systems are the HP Indigo [1] press by Hewlett-Packard, the DocuTech [2] system from Xerox, and the InfoPrint [3] system from InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh.

See also

• Variable Data Printing
• Digital image processing
• Display device
• Digital photography
• Graphical output device
• Society for Imaging Science and Technology, IS&T
• Giclee Fine Art Printing
• Computer to film
• Computer to plate

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