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Printing
Digital Printing vs. Offset
Digital printing refers to methods of printing in which the images are transferred directly to the printer without the use of physical image carriers such as film or plates. There are many different methods of digitally reproducing an image, some examples being toner devices using the xerographic method (much like photocopiers), computer-to-plate (where the image is created on a printing plate by a computer driven laser and the plate subsequently mounted on a press) and direct to press (where the image is created by a computer driven laser onto plates already mounted on a press).
Offset printing is the printing method whereby ink is applied to a resist-type printing plate where the desired image is ink receptive. This image is then transferred to a rubber "blanket" that allows the image to transfer to a wide variety of paper substrates. This is by far the most common printing method for high quality printing.
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