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Debunking the Myths of Digital Printing #1
ColorFx is excited to introduce a 4 part series debunking the urban legends of Digital Color Printing. Whether you are a graphic designer, creative director, account planner, production manager or printer, uncovering these urban legends will be an exciting and enlightening journey. We would like to welcome you to the world of enlightened print decision making!
Case Study No. 1: Image Quality
The Legend: Digital color printing doesn’t meet professional image quality standards. In particular, it doesn’t measure up to offset lithography.
Some Vocabulary: Offset Printing, Digital Color Printers
Offset Printing: A commonly used printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or “offset”) from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface.
Digital Printing: The reproduction of digital images on a physical surface. It is generally used for short print runs, and for the customization of print media. Every print can be different, because printing plates are not required, as in traditional methods.
From the Beginning:
This idea dates back to the first digital printers and copiers, which fell short of offset litho quality. Many current color copiers and printers don’t achieve offset quality, but they do provide effective solutions for the less demanding applications they are designed to perform.
Digital color printers are in a completely different class. The industrial version of office digital printers, they’re designed for short runs and variable printing data printing, which makes them a perfect complement to offset presses. In fact, a number of models have emerged with image quality that rivals offset.
When making a comparison, the print quality of a digital press to offsets is as digital photos is to analog shots. Both have different characteristics that affect output, but the quality achieves professional standards in nearly every application.
ColorFX adds the world class Xerox iGen4
ColorFx is proud to announce the addition of the Xerox iGen4 to its cutting edge printing press lineup.
Xerox has been a trusted name in the printing industry for many years and you would expect no less in terms of quality and efficiency from the Xerox iGen digital press product family. The iGen4 is a super high quality digital press and with its extremely robust print engine can print about 4 million pages per month. It offers superior turnaround times on each job and the great thing about this machine is that it is in line with ColorFx’s commitment to green printing by using non toxic dry ink and 97% recyclable or re-manufactured internal components. Continue Reading…
ColorFX offering relief with the best pricing
Printweek.com reported that nine out of 10 printing companies are in danger of collapse. According the company’s latest Corporate Financial Stability Index figures, which takes into consideration a business’s credit scores, County Court Judgments and net worth, 9,742 print companies face “probable collapse and potential winding-up petitions”.
The report also states that 5,991 print companies are in the amber category and are struggling because of “substantial financial difficulties”. Just 12% of companies in the sector are in Tenon’s green category, meaning just one company in 10 is considered financially stable by the insolvency specialist.
Print week also reported that the withdraw of credit options and insurance are key factors to related to the decline in demand for printing services. Nick Hood, executive chairman at Begbies Global Network, said he did not believe the sector is in such dire straits.
“Over the last few years, print has actually performed better than expected against other sectors as a whole.”
ColorFX is doing everything possible to help print companies make it through the struggling economy by not only offering excellent customer service, but by offering the perfect pricing for every project. ColorFX is the only print company offering custom size and quantity orders with no price penalties. They charge for what they give you. If you order less, you pay less. No penalties for choosing a non-standard quantity or size. Because ColorFX offers this unique pricing structure, print companies are thriving by being able to offer this to their clients. ColorFX is committed to being a cornerstone for print companies working hard to survive during the recession.
Great Ideas For Printing
At ColorFX, we do our best to give you great ideas for printing, designing and marketing. Starting this month, we have decided to give you something more! We are proud to announce our first Blog Giveaway. 3 of our talented readers will receive a prize of either $500, $350, or $150 in printing services.
Enter the ColorFX Be the Designer Contest 3 Ways. Contestants can enter up to 3 times.
1. Upload your design to your own website. Once you have created a section on your website come back to the Colorfx blog post and leave a link to the design in the comments section.
2. Write a blog post about what you would do with $500 worth of printing services (the grand prize) and include a link to http://www.colorfxweb.com, upload your greeting card design on the blog post. Go to the Color FX blog and enter a link to the blog post in the comments section
3. Tweet about this Giveaway using the #giveaway trending topic and post your twitter URL on the Color FX Blog post as a comment.
Prizes:
1st prize – $500 in printing services
2nd prize – $350 in printing services
3rd prize – $150 in printing services
Contest Deadline for Submission: December 18
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