Black-and-white Printers in a Four-color World

As variable data increases in popularity, in-plants may wonder if it’s easier to do it with a black-and-white-only unit. Kodak’s Balik says those using a monochrome machine with enough stock flexibility can help clients manage costs while still producing attractive variable data pieces.

Cantabene, of Xerox, points out that the work process to deliver variable data printing in black-and-white or color is similar, but color file sizes are considerably larger, so the workstation computer and the printer RIP both need to be very robust to deliver rated speed output for color variable data.