Eco-Friendly CD DVD Digital Printing Solutions
MAY
18 2010
Precision Disc
recognizes our responsibility as a good corporate
citizen and global citizen, so we have invested in
the equipment, processes and materials to provide
sustainable and environmentally-friendly printing
solutions for our clientele. The bulk of the work we
do is printed digitally... and for good reason.
The evolution of digital printing has revolutionized
the printing industry. While traditional offset
printing is considered an industrial process,
digital printing is a computerized process - which
by its very nature is less wasteful and less
demanding on resources compared to conventional
print. Less waste + less consumption = a more
environmentally friendly method of printing.
Digital printing has eliminated many stages of
traditional printing that were time, energy and
resource-consuming. This includes processes that
were accompanied by liquid waste, solid waste and
fumes - some of which actually require specialist
treatment for disposal. Additionally, digital
printing eliminates the use of chemistry for film
and plate processing, as well as the substantial
waste of materials used in the 'make ready' stage of
offset printing.
Digital Printing
Eliminates ‘Make Ready’
With an offset printer you cannot simply press a
button and immediately begin printing. Time is
required to prepare the machine to run a specific
job which includes a lot of wasteful ‘test’ printing
onto paper. This isn’t simply down-time for the
machine as the time and expense of the make-ready
process is passed through to the client in the cost
of the finished goods.
With digital printing there isn’t any ‘make ready’
required and, due to this, digital printing allows
for much shorter run lengths and quicker turnaround
times. This in turn leads to less consumption and
waste - it is estimated that prior to the advent of
digital printing over 50 percent of all print was
thrown away unused.
Print Quality - Digital Print
Using Liquid Ink versus Dry Toner
Talking about the benefits of digital
printing is all well and good, but it’s a moot point
if the digital printing produces inferior looking
products. As previously mentioned, at Precision Disc
we have invested in the equipment, processes and
materials to do the job right. While most digital
printers use dry toner our Indigo printers use
liquid ink which reproduces the quality ‘look and
feel’ of offset print. In most cases the colour and
clarity of our digital print meets (if not actually
exceeding) the quality of offset print.
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