Wednesday, November 4, 2009

What You Should Look For In An Offset Printer

By Dawn Carter

Since its beginning in the 19th century, offset printing technology has been a very popular form of printing services. This printing technology uses a two step method, which involves getting the impression on a rubber plate from a lithographic press and then on to the printing material by transferring it from the rubber plate.

Offset printing clearly provides superior quality than the conventional lithographic type of printing. The accessibility of offset printers has become easy these days and any medium sized printing company provides offset printing services.

That fact that offset printing requires a lot of work to set up, makes the service more expensive than digital printing for small volumes of work. But, if you are ordering in large volume, in that case offset printing is the most appropriate option as it is highly inexpensive in such a case. The advantage of offset printing is the low running expense which more than compensates for the higher set up costs incurred at the beginning. So, as far as larger volumes of printing are concerned, offset printing is the right option.

When deciding on an offset printing company there are some additional points to keep in mind. By virtue of it being very different from the simple method of digital printing, all the options in offset printing can be very hard to grasp for a non-expert. So, it is best to work with a printing company which is eager to provide you technical support for choosing the right specifications for your print jobs.

Other printing services such as extending design services for your print requirement, and providing you a sample print before bulk printing should also be sought from the selected printing service provider. Finally, for you to be able to use the printing company on a continuous basis, the company must provide you good prices, which fit well within your printing budget.

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