The Click Of Convenience

"Offset jobs tend to be more complex. An offset job has to be broken down into color separations which means you may have to go in and edit the job file on your own," he says. "For most [digital] color printing jobs, we can just get a PDF file and print that."

Of course, the print shop's customers don't see all the messy details, and the software has been a hit. Harding reports 33 percent of all offset jobs coming into the in-plant arrive over the Internet. Half of all digital jobs and a whopping 80 percent of large-format jobs are submitted online, as well.