Digital Printing presses part 2
Digital Printing presses part 2 – 25th September 2009
Going wide format
The digital manufacturers are expanding their options and many now offer a whole portfolio of products from entry level, multi-function machines to light production, to heavy duty, robust digital production presses to wider format inkjet printers.
The wide format world of digital printing will also see a great deal of growth. This is market where many have seen that they can make a profit whilst not having to lay substantial investment. These machines are going into inplants and quick printers, nut increasingly into commercial print companies- either digital houses or conventional litho print firms- who make use of them for proofing purposes, but also as a value added offer for customers looking to produce wider format, very short run projects.
Also on the up, is the wide format market for signage and a number of new, faster and higher quality flatbed machines have recently been launched. These offer users the capability to print either roll fed or rigid substrate and can print on a vast array of media such as board, foam PVC, plastics, wood, and even glass. There plenty of statistics to back up growth in this area. For example, according to a recent forecast from Infotrends, ‘the total system revenue from wide format UV curable inkjet printing systems, which includes hardware, ink, media, and the value of service contracts will fro 26.6% annually to reach $2.58 billion by 2011. At these rates, UV curable inkjet represents the fastest growing technology in the wide format digital printing market’.
The ability to work more efficiently, and faster, will lead many companies to look at the option of web to print. Coupled with a digital print engine, this solution can add a lot of value for companies and their customers. Harnessing the power of the Internet to drive business to your pre press is increasingly attractive to many. This allows companies to source new customers, who would normally be out of their reach, to be more productive, to cut costs, and to enhance customer satisfaction.
A web to print solution will work for you 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without costing a fortune. It will give your company a continuous virtual presence and allow customers to order, proof, and send comments online, even when there is no one in the office.
This is an opportunity that every digital print company should seriously contemplate in 2009, and those who are looking to make an investment in digital print technology, should set aside some money to enable a web to print solution from the outset.
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For more information on printing and graphic design please see some of our recent blog articles;
- Digital Presses
- Digital Printing
- Offset Printing
- Print Production Management
- How to create a marketing plan incorporating promotional newsletters
- All you need to know about Digital Printing
- The Future of Printing
- Print Finishing
- Variable Data Printing
- ISO 12647 and Colour Management in Printing
- Pre-press – In Flight, Pre-Flight and Post-Flight
- Print, Paper and Recycling
- Design of the times – (Article reproduced from Printing World February 2009)
- Pre-press – 20 years of change
- Transactional and Direct Mail
- 7 Guidelines For Good Newsletter Printing
- Graphic Design
- Printing – Where in the world are we?
- Improving Your Response Rates to Leaflets, Flyers and Brochures
- HINTS & TIPS…The sales letter
- The History of Printing
- 10 Tips for Creatives in a Digital World
- Eight Easy Ways to Improve Digital Print Sales to Creative and Design Agencies
- Transactional and Variable data printing
- PUR or EVA? That is the question
- What you need to know about…… Perfect Binding
- What’s the point of Recycling Paper and Board?
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