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Digital Printing Peculiarities. Steve Hiebert Alternate Chair, Digital Printing WG November 6, 2005. Digital vs. Conventional Printing A comparison of the workflows. Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition Platemaking Sheet Printing Cutting Folding Collecting Binding.
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Digital Printing Peculiarities Steve Hiebert Alternate Chair, Digital Printing WG November 6, 2005
Digital vs. Conventional PrintingA comparison of the workflows Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition Platemaking Sheet Printing Cutting Folding Collecting Binding Page Preparation Page Proofing Imposition RIPing Document Printing Collating Cutting Binding Digital Printing WG
Formats • PDF • PPML • Document Composition Language • Sets, Documents and Pages can each have a Class attribute • Map to SetTags, DocTags and PageTags • Compare to Signature, Sheet and Side • Others • Variable data • Versioned • Personalized • Photo albums Digital Printing WG
Variations • Colorant types • EP • LEP • Ink Jet • Multiple media • Multiple color controls • More RIP intensive than Conventional Printing • Often multiple RIPs to each press • Implicit collation Digital Printing WG
Finishing • Smaller sheet sizes • Inline/Near line/Off line finishing • Integrated Digital Printing ICS • Fire and forget by itself • Can be used with the MIS ICS • Raster Digital Printing – Sheet Fed ICS • Work in progress Digital Printing WG