The advent and massive utilization of digital printing has permanently changed the printing industry in a relatively short period of time. Established methods of accomplishing tasks and completing projects and quickly becoming obsolete, and if your company wants to stay relevant in an increasingly competitive marketing, it’s vital to understand the different ways that technology has changed commercial printing. Here at JCB Printing, we’re committed to continually educating ourselves on the latest in printing technologies and providing technologically advanced solutions to all of our customers.

DIGITAL PRINT TECHNOLOGIES

One of the biggest factors driving technological change in the printing industry is digital print technology. While print used to be dominated by letterpress, digital has become the dominant printing process. Digital printing has a number of advantages of traditional ways of printing, including:

Cost: Digital printing has greatly brought down the cost of completing large print jobs. And even when a printing project is small, offset printing takes a long time to set up and costs more than a digital print. No matter how small or large a project is, it’s more cost-effective to utilize digital printing services.

Accuracy: When you have a digital image, no matter how many times you print it, technology can accurately produce the same high-quality image. One of the main disadvantages of traditional offset printing was the amount of waste that was created, which is a problem that’s eliminated with digital printing.

Quick Turnaround: When traditional offset printing was the dominant printing technology, it involved a lengthy preparation of the printing press. In comparison, digital printing is a quick printing method where files can be printed out immediately.

Medium of Printing: Thanks to the nature of digital printing, you can use it to print on a variety of different or unusual surfaces, including vinyl. No matter the size, finish, or surface of the paper, it can be printed digitally.