Digital Offset Printing Where Are We Now?

The Other Kind of Digital Printing

This article, however, is about the other type of digital printing: digital offset printing (DOP), which uses more-or-less conventional presses, inks and paper stocks. While not as well known as digital copiers and duplicators, these digital presses have quietly gotten better, faster and more dependable each year. They are most cost-efficient on jobs from 500 to 10,000 copies. Above 10,000-sheet runs, conventional presses combined with a platesetter make more sense on a cost-per-copy and total-ownership-cost basis.