{"id":2969,"date":"2012-12-05T09:55:24","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T17:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colorfxweb.com\/blog\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2012-12-05T09:55:24","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T17:55:24","slug":"green-printing-more-than-a-matter-of-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colorfxweb.com\/blog\/green-printing-more-than-a-matter-of-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Printing: More than a Matter of Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p>For printers, staying environmentally friendly is no longer just a matter of sourcing paper responsibly or investing in a low-power press. Recently, many green consumables that pertain to printing have been released. This includes eco versions of inks, plates, wash-up systems, and several other pressroom products.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sean Lane, the product manager of offset solutions at Fujifilm, \u201cGreen consumables don\u2019t come at an increased cost.\u201d He contends that switching to a greener version of ink or fount solution won\u2019t actually cost the printer any more than the standard, non-eco friendly versions. Lane goes on to say, \u201cThere is nothing to say that if you go green you will have maybe a narrower tolerance or worse performance\u2026The analogy is cars \u2013 you can have a greener model that is actually better than the last model too.\u201d Printers don\u2019t have to sacrifice quality or performance when choosing to be more environmentally aware.<\/p>\n<p>The environmental movement is steadily gaining momentum. With many switching to \u201cpaperless billing\u201d and the like, it seems only economical to offer an environmentally friendly print option as well. Here at ColorFX, we care about environmental safety. We use low VOC aqueous and UV coating, chemical free CTP plates, and all of our presses are equipped with pre-impregnated cleaning cloth rolls washing systems. We work closely with our vendors so that the latest and safest eco-friendly printing methods are being achieved at all times! If you\u2019re searching for a commercial printing company that stays environmentally aware, choose ColorFX to keep your customers happy!<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For printers, staying environmentally friendly is no longer just a matter of sourcing paper responsibly or investing in a low-power press. Recently, many green consumables that pertain to printing have been released. This includes eco versions of inks, plates, wash-up systems, and several other pressroom products. According to Sean Lane, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-2969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colorfx-news","tag-sourcing-paper"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colorfxweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colorfxweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colorfxweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colorfxweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colorfxweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.colorfxweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colorfxweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colorfxweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colorfxweb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}