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Article: Save on printing costs: the right type of printing can reduce your office expenses. (digital printing may be the way)(Capital Ideas)(Brief Article)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- February 1, 1998
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Are your printing costs too high? If so, maybe you're using the wrong process. Small businesses with runs of 500 copies or less can cut costs with digital printing, a low-cost alternative.
Xerox, an early entrant in the arena, estimates that the multibillion-dollar digital printing market grows more than 10% each year. To capitalize on this trend, many print shops have acquired digital machines to offer flyer, booklet or book printing in numbers well below the minimum quantities that traditional printers require.
Because of several fixed costs in printing, traditional offset printers must produce a minimum number of copies (around 500 for documents, ...