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Subject:Re: Digital Printing? From:Tom Johnson <johnsont -at- FREEWAY -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 16 Dec 1997 10:47:20 -0500
Jennifer Jelinek wrote:
>
> I'm in the process of reexamining some of our printing options for
> four-color documents, and I just got a letter from a vendor asking to
> discuss digital printing options, touting it as the wave of the future and
> the better alternative to offset printing. My understanding is that this
> process bypasses films and plates, and prints directly from file to
> finished product.
>
SNIP
> The one "con" I've encountered is that because the product doesn't go to
> films first, you don't have same capacity for proofs and color correction
> that you do with offset printing. Is this the case?
>
SNIP
>
> Jennifer
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> Jennifer Jelinek
> Marketing Services Manager
> Plymouth Products, Inc. Sheboygan, WI
> jlkraus -at- ametekwater -dot- com
>
>
Jennifer,
I don't know about the color correction issue, but why would you need a
proof? I would think with digital printing you could get the printer to
run off a couple sample copies for a minimal fee in lieu of a proof. It
wouldn't be a proof, it would be the real thing. Am I missing something?
--
Tom Johnson
Technical Writer
Elk Rapids Engineering - A Division of Star Cutter Company
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