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The biggest difference between digital printing and traditional printing


The traditional printing method can no longer fully meet the ever-changing market demand. A new printing method, digital printing, was born under the new market demand. Simply put, digital printing is a new printing method that directly images electronic files on the printing medium, which is different from the cumbersome process of traditional printing.
Features of digital printing
One-piece printing without plate making, instant error correction, variable printing, on-demand printing
The difference between digital printing and traditional printing
1. Convenient and fast:
Digital printing has advantages in small amount of printing and urgent work because it saves cumbersome processes such as film, imposition and printing. All typesetting, design software and electronic documents generated by office application software can be directly output to digital printing presses.
2. Flexible and efficient:
The comprehensive digitization of digital printing allows us to provide customers with more flexible printing methods, that is, printing while printing, printing while changing, printing as much as needed, and truly achieving zero inventory. This flexible and fast printing method enhances the customer's advantage in a competitive environment where every second counts.
3. No minimum print quantity required:
Enjoy high-quality prints, no "minimum prints", just one copy. Digital printing can fully realize the requirements of one-piece printing and immediate waiting.
From the perspective of workflow, traditional offset printing needs to transfer the pre-press text to the film, and then copy, proof, and print. If revision is required, it is necessary to re-output all the films or output part of the films and then complete the manual imposition, which is not only a waste of time, but also wastes a lot of materials. The digital printing method is fully digital, which is a fully digital production project from the computer directly to the printed matter. There is no need for film and printing plates in the process, no cumbersome processes of traditional printing processes, no plate changing time, and reduced parking time and drying time. Also almost zero, which means that the printed matter can be processed immediately.
Operationally, digital printing is relatively simple and requires less labor. Especially when switching from one job to another, you only need to print the corresponding electronic files, unlike traditional offset printing, which requires a lot of work such as changing the printing plate and wiping the blanket. The operation of digital printing is easier to learn, and many things are controlled by numbers, and the requirements for the operator's experience are relatively low, unlike traditional offset printing, which takes a long time to train an operator.
From the perspective of the comprehensive quality requirements of operators, digital printing requires more. A competent digital printing operator must not only understand printing, but also understand machinery, electronics and English, so as to eliminate daily failures.
Environmentally speaking, digital printing technology is also better than traditional printing in terms of environmental protection. It mainly performs direct imaging through toner and bubbles, which greatly improves the working environment, greatly shortens the printing cycle, reduces manual operations, reduces the consumption of printing materials, improves product quality and increases the degree of automation. Since there is no need for film or even printing plate, fountain solution and developer in the digital workflow, the volatilization of the solvent during the transfer of graphics and text is largely avoided, effectively reducing the degree of harm to the environment.
In terms of printing quality, the current traditional printing quality is high. There is still a gap in the quality of most digital printing, and digital printing can meet general quality requirements.
In terms of post-press processing, digital printing can automatically imposition and print out one by one according to the post-press binding method you choose. There is no need for collation, which saves time and effort, and the printed product can be processed immediately after printing.