Monochrome Still Rules

As a result of the careful R&D of both substrate and equipment manufacturers, combined with new production processes, companies have launched or expanded their digital paper and substrate product lines. Many of these substrates were initially designed to run on digital color presses. There has been a strong drive to ensure that these same substrates are supported in the monochrome world as well. The ability to print on coated and uncoated stocks with a variety of thicknesses opens up more applications and more volume for in-plant printers. Paper weights range from 13 lb. to 150 lb., coated and uncoated, for a number of the monochrome devices on the market. This accommodates everything from thin book page printing to posters. The range of substrates directly affects the range of applications that you can produce in your in-plant.