Digital Printing Has Started Taking The World By Storm

By Timothy Walker


Although you can execute your own prints by using your desktop printer, if you need larger amounts and better quality, you could benefit from seeking out an expert in digital printing in Syracuse, NY. You'll need to provide this expert with the media in a digital file. Some companies will even help you with the design which requires printing. Apart from laser and inkjet printing, there are four other types of prints you can do: dye sublimation, solid ink, thermal autochrome and thermal wax. Laser printing uses dry toner and inkjet printers use water-based ink.

The technology is a new-ish process. It is where an image is printed directly from digital media onto a variety of surfaces like paper, metal or glass. In many instances, it has replaced the traditional method of offset prints.

Doing an offset print is when the ink image is transferred from rollers or a plate onto a surface. This newer way of executing the job doesn't soak into the surface the way that traditional methods do. Instead, it just deposits the ink onto the surfaces and them fuses it with either heat or UV.

Printing on light colored fabrics is faster because dark color fabrics need to be treated with a base coat of white ink so that the colors will show up properly. Each piece of clothing should be steamed to remove any creases (which could be disastrous if discovered after the job has been completed!). After the item of clothing has gone through the process, sometimes needing about three layers of ink, it has to dry.

If you're looking for lots of detail, going it digitally is the ideal way to go. To get the high level of detail, ink will be applied thinner than that applied during screen job executions. The screen print process uses stencils and the ink is applied in separate layers with a new stencil for each color. It is also interesting to note that only four colors are used in the process! Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black can be combined to make any color you need.

If you're providing the professional company with a digital file containing the media you would like printed, you should ensure that you prepare properly for this. If you don't, it will cause delays and extra costs if the printers have to fix your files. You'll need to find out what format they need the file to be in (more often than not, PDF files are acceptable).

If you're going to be using a custom font and you're not embedding this into the PDF file, you should make sure that you provide the printer with this font. You should also make sure that you supply the printer with all the necessary graphics needed. A number of companies are happy to receive these files by email, size permitting.

When you're submitting your material for processing, you'll need to provide the image in a common file format: usually Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop (. Ai, . Eps, . Pdf or . Psd, . Eps, . Tiff and . Jpeg). Now, with the wealth of information you've just managed to acquire, it should be a walk in the park to find an expert at doing prints digitally in Syracuse, NY.




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