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Article: Digital Presses: See How They Run.
- Article from:
- Graphic Arts Monthly
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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By Abhay Sharma & Martin Habecost
At the IPA Technical Conference, digital presses match quality against XL105 offset.
Digital printing has often been criticized on color management, quality and durability fronts. Reports have circulated that the process tends to drift, can't be color managed or match Pantone colors, and areas of high toner coverage crack during folding. A new technical report from premedia group IPA shows that these criticisms are largely untrue-and that digital printing matches offset and, in many situations, surpasses it in terms of color, print quality and durability.
To dispel the myths surrounding digital printing, the IPA ...