In Toronto, Xtreme Printing has been a pioneer in digital printing technology, responsive to consumer needs as early as 2007.
When we talk about digital printing, what comes to mind is the direct printing of images which are digital in nature to different media. Large-format and/or high-volume laser or inkjet printers are usually used to print efficiently small-run desktop publishing jobs and other digital sources. Though the per page digital printing entails more cost than the conventional offset printing style, the advantage of digital printing lies in the avoidance of the mechanical measures in print plate production.
Digital printing is advantageous for voluminous and rushed printing, and even digital image alteration for each impression. With such technology, clients can save time and labor and the constant innovations in digital printing manifest that printing using the digital medium is reaching its peak, going beyond the production rate of offset printing technological capability, especially in the generation of numerous printed copies at a low cost.
So, how is digital printing done at Xtreme Printing?
While the plates in analog printing are continuously changed, the user does not need to replace printing plates in digital print production. This is the biggest edge of digital printing when pitted against oldschool methods such as flexography, gravure, letterpress and lithography. Though certain minute image details made by most commercial digital printing processes may be lost in the process, digital printing is a low-cost printing with faster turnaround time. The most common digital print methods are of two kinds – inkjet and laser printers – that leave pigment or toner onto a broad class of substrates, including ordinary and photo paper, glass, canvas, marble, and other materials.
Most of the time in the course of the printing process, there is no permeation of the toner or ink in the substrate, just like the traditional ink, though there is a formation of a smooth layer on the surface that could stick to the substrate through a UV curing process (ink) or a blending fluid with heat process (toner).
Popular Digital Printing Methods
The Fine Art Inkjet
If you’re talking about direct printing to an inkjet printer from a computer image file, it is what we call fine art digital inkjet printing. Digital printing technology was transformed from digital proofing and was pioneered by big manufacturers, artists, and other printers like Kodak, 3M, and others who are keeping attuned to out-and- out prepress proofing machines to fine-art printing.
Initially, there were trial-and- error measures with this type of printers and the IRIS printer is a good example. The IRIS printer which was initially programmed by David Coons and refined for fine-art work by Graham Nash was originally limited to glossy papers. Later on, the IRIS printer introduced various paper types, including traditional and non-traditional media. It was the most high-end printer for fine art digital printing for decades, but was overpowered by Epson, HP and other large-format printing manufacturers that use non-fading inks (which are pigment-based, among other new solvent-based inks), and archival substrates suited for fine-art printing.
Inkjet printing comes off as more costly on a per-print basis than the traditional four-color offset lithography for those art-inclined individuals who reproduce their original work. But what’s good about it is that artists no longer need to set aside an amount for the pricey printing-plate set-up for storage and marketing. With the inkjet printing, artists are given full control in image production, aside from the choice to have the color changed.
Using the digital inkjet printing, all kinds of digital art can be catered.
Budding artists usually experiment with a little more texture or other media to the surface of the printed output. As a growing brand in Toronto, Xtreme Printing offers services to clients of varying backgrounds – painters, photographers, digital manipulators, among others.
Digital Laser Exposure to Light-Sensitive Paper
Want to have realistic pictures that have well-spread tone in the image detail?
This type of digital printing exposes images to real light-sensitive photographic paper, complete with photographic developers, fixers and lasers. The quality of this archival print is excellent, just like other prints with any given photo paper used. No lens is used here so there is no detail distortion, even in large-format outputs. Toronto’s digital print technology had evolved tremendously over the past few years in terms of quality and sizes of the paper used.
Xtreme Printing is not just about digital printing. It is big on the following digital printing services at Richmond Street in Toronto: Color copying, Black and White copying, Business Card printing, Postcard printing, Flyer printing, Sell Sheet printing, Brochures and Presentation Folders. Xtreme Printing responds to your needs when it comes to digital printing in Toronto.
When we talk about digital printing, what comes to mind is the direct printing of images which are digital in nature to different media. Large-format and/or high-volume laser or inkjet printers are usually used to print efficiently small-run desktop publishing jobs and other digital sources. Though the per page digital printing entails more cost than the conventional offset printing style, the advantage of digital printing lies in the avoidance of the mechanical measures in print plate production.
Digital printing is advantageous for voluminous and rushed printing, and even digital image alteration for each impression. With such technology, clients can save time and labor and the constant innovations in digital printing manifest that printing using the digital medium is reaching its peak, going beyond the production rate of offset printing technological capability, especially in the generation of numerous printed copies at a low cost.
So, how is digital printing done at Xtreme Printing?
While the plates in analog printing are continuously changed, the user does not need to replace printing plates in digital print production. This is the biggest edge of digital printing when pitted against oldschool methods such as flexography, gravure, letterpress and lithography. Though certain minute image details made by most commercial digital printing processes may be lost in the process, digital printing is a low-cost printing with faster turnaround time. The most common digital print methods are of two kinds – inkjet and laser printers – that leave pigment or toner onto a broad class of substrates, including ordinary and photo paper, glass, canvas, marble, and other materials.
Most of the time in the course of the printing process, there is no permeation of the toner or ink in the substrate, just like the traditional ink, though there is a formation of a smooth layer on the surface that could stick to the substrate through a UV curing process (ink) or a blending fluid with heat process (toner).
Popular Digital Printing Methods
The Fine Art Inkjet
If you’re talking about direct printing to an inkjet printer from a computer image file, it is what we call fine art digital inkjet printing. Digital printing technology was transformed from digital proofing and was pioneered by big manufacturers, artists, and other printers like Kodak, 3M, and others who are keeping attuned to out-and- out prepress proofing machines to fine-art printing.
Initially, there were trial-and- error measures with this type of printers and the IRIS printer is a good example. The IRIS printer which was initially programmed by David Coons and refined for fine-art work by Graham Nash was originally limited to glossy papers. Later on, the IRIS printer introduced various paper types, including traditional and non-traditional media. It was the most high-end printer for fine art digital printing for decades, but was overpowered by Epson, HP and other large-format printing manufacturers that use non-fading inks (which are pigment-based, among other new solvent-based inks), and archival substrates suited for fine-art printing.
Inkjet printing comes off as more costly on a per-print basis than the traditional four-color offset lithography for those art-inclined individuals who reproduce their original work. But what’s good about it is that artists no longer need to set aside an amount for the pricey printing-plate set-up for storage and marketing. With the inkjet printing, artists are given full control in image production, aside from the choice to have the color changed.
Using the digital inkjet printing, all kinds of digital art can be catered.
Budding artists usually experiment with a little more texture or other media to the surface of the printed output. As a growing brand in Toronto, Xtreme Printing offers services to clients of varying backgrounds – painters, photographers, digital manipulators, among others.
Digital Laser Exposure to Light-Sensitive Paper
Want to have realistic pictures that have well-spread tone in the image detail?
This type of digital printing exposes images to real light-sensitive photographic paper, complete with photographic developers, fixers and lasers. The quality of this archival print is excellent, just like other prints with any given photo paper used. No lens is used here so there is no detail distortion, even in large-format outputs. Toronto’s digital print technology had evolved tremendously over the past few years in terms of quality and sizes of the paper used.
Xtreme Printing is not just about digital printing. It is big on the following digital printing services at Richmond Street in Toronto: Color copying, Black and White copying, Business Card printing, Postcard printing, Flyer printing, Sell Sheet printing, Brochures and Presentation Folders. Xtreme Printing responds to your needs when it comes to digital printing in Toronto.
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