How To Differentiate Digital And Offset Printers?
No one might have answered the question that which is the best printing method amongst offset and digital. For sure every answer must not be that much clear and straight-forward as required.
The offset print techniques have been used for decades and was one of the famous method for commercial printing material such as daily newspapers, promotion and advertisement material, publications, notes and flyers.
The general setup for offset printing based on which the technology works is the same just like few of the latest UAE and USA locality oriented Xerox Dubai equipped press solutions. There exists a rubber sheet on which the ink is transferred which is rolled on printing surface for producing the required output.
Digital VS Offset:
Printing quantity and quality, sheet size, variability, and price are the main differentiating elements which can help us to identify which works best for a specific printing task.
Quantity:
The existence of digital print technology in printing market is an ideal solution to perform low volume print job. However, on the other hand, offset printing technology is an ideal way of printing larger volume as they are ideal for long run.
Quality:
Color consistency is the only area where several of the digital printers still encounter problems. Offset printers in this regard are far sharper and clean in producing consistent image quality.
This consistent quality is based on the fact that the rubber blanket used in offset printers completely adopts the texture of printing surface thus producing quality output.
Size:
Internals of both these printers are arranged for small and large size printing jobs. Digital printers accommodate small size sheets as compare to offset which are having the capacity to produce prints on larger sheets.
Variable Printing:
Not only offset printers are ideal for printing jobs, as a whole. For producing customized copies of individual pieces, digital printers are the perfect match. However, offset printers do not have this facility. They are just producing output based on the inserted film or plate.
Price:
Digital printers require fewer setups and therefore they are ideal for smaller runs. While the required manpower and initial setup for offset printers are expensive that is ideal for producing larger volume.
Additionally, the prices go down as much volume is increased for offset. Digital technology, on the other hand stays expensive for larger volume.
Conclusion:
Printing press owners are currently looking for implementing the latest offering out of both these technologies to improve productivity based on several of the areas discussed above. In this regard, UAE based printing and press solution providers prioritize Xerox Dubai products that are the ideal choice for both larger and smaller volume of printing jobs.