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Article: Overview of Digital Printing
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- GATFWORLD
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- August 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Graphic Arts Technical Foundation Aug 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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State of Digital Printing in 2008 and Beyond
PIA/GATF christened 2007 as "The Year of Digital Print," but 2008 may well be remembered as the year that digital printing ceased to be a specialty and entered the mainstream.
Digital printing is now fifteen, twenty, even twenty-five years old, depending upon how you count and who is doing the counting. Since its inception, digital printing has lurked on the fringes of commercial print, viewed by many as a specialty product at best, and at worst, as not being print at all.
No more. Digital press installations are strong, and one of the most lucrative markets for digital press manufacturers are traditional printers. They are snapping up digital ...