Digital printing
Digital printing technology combines high-quality finishing with an affordable price.
This is a fast printing style that is wise to use for smaller editions. Digital printing can be easily personalized according to your company. Changing data on a digital print is a breeze. For example, stickers, flyers, postcards, brochures or posters are often ordered in digital printing. We can also make a sample package in digital printing.
The table below compares digital and offset printing.
When to prefer digital and when offset?
Digital
Offset
| Digital | |
|---|---|
| Quantity | 1 through 750 |
| Colours | only CMYK |
| Time to print | Usually within 24 hours |
| Cost | Affordable unit price when printing small runs |
| Quality | High quality |
| Variable data | Yes, every individual print can be completely unique |
| Post-processing | Post-processing can be peformed immediately |
| Special inks | No, only CMYK (four colour) printing can be done |
| Proofing | Affordable colour proofing that matches the end product exactly |
| Choice of stock | Wide choice of papers, not including all art papers |
| Offset | |
|---|---|
| Quantity | 750 or more |
| Colours | Pantone or CMYK |
| Time to print | A few days up to a week |
| Cost | Affordable unit price when printing large runs |
| Quality | Best quality, allows for microprinting |
| Variable data | Only numbering added in post-processing |
| Post-processing | Needs to dry before post-processing |
| Special inks | Yes, it's possible to use metallic, neon and PMS colours |
| Proofing | Accurate colour proofing can be expensive |
| Choice of stock | Very wide choice of papers, including art papers |