I’ve been asked about the outlook for digital papers. I’ve also read about the outlook for digital papers. One question always emerges: What do you mean by digital papers? And of course, that begs the question: What do you mean by digital?
When I think of digital print, I think of print on a production press that is capable of variable data. My less-than-$100 desktop inkjet printer is capable of variable data digital print, but if I print a copy of this blog on that printer, I hardly think of that as digital print. Anyway, that’s my definition. It excludes the desktop printers and excludes offset.
Amazing how much I’ve read that doesn’t have any definition at all.
Now that we’ve defined digital, we can try to define digital papers. Again, there are questions. Are we talking about papers that are designed for digital print, or papers that just happen to be printed digitally? Are we talking about special sizes, or just special papers? Are we talking about color or black-and-white printing? Are we talking about coated papers or uncoated papers? Are we talking about inkjet, or toner?
See full article at: What Makes Paper Digital? The Nature of the Digital Press is a Key Factor -Jack Miller : Printing Impressions.
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