the.com/digital printing
the printer skipped film and plates and just yelled the image straight onto paper.
means a printing method that transfers digital files directly onto a surface using toner or inkjet, no physical printing plate required.
from emerged in the 1990s as an offshoot of inkjet and laser tech, letting print shops go from computer file to finished page without the offset press's plates, film, and setup time.
no platesevery copy can be different, no extra cost
break evencheaper than offset below roughly 500 copies
instant changesswap names, images, or text per single copy
drying timesome inks cure instantly under uv light
for instance
vistaprint — built a global business on cheap short-run digital print
hp indigo presses — industry standard for photo-quality short-run digital jobs
variable data mail — banks print personalized statements, one file, thousands of versions
print on demand books — amazon prints single copies same day, no warehouse stock