Enhance Your Printing Efficiency
The third and final part of our printing efficiency blog trilogy looks at the effect of PDF file ink weights on printing efficiency. Our printing efficiency blogs aimed to enhance the understanding of the printing workflow process and the level of colour insight and output associated with PDF files.
PDF Ink Weight Efficiency Issues
A brief example has been included to illustrate this issue appropriately. A 48-page document with an ink weight of 280% up to 360% will have a big impact on the ink distribution, the water balance and significantly influence the stability of the print run. Excessive ink on a document will also affect the drying time of a job.
By addressing the ink weight of a PDF document at the prepress stage, the press stability and make-ready time will be reduced significantly. This will save time, copy wastage and money. Additionally, it will enhance the quality of the printed document.
How can you increase your press efficiency and save?
- Develop uniformity of ink distribution
- Enhance make-ready time
- Improved print run stability
- Reduce paper wastage
- Convert PDF files into ISOcoated-V2 with optimum ink weight
- Reduce drying time for coated and uncoated stocks
By enhancing your press efficiency it is possible to save a significant amount of ink as well as improve the overall colour quality of prints.
For more on how to resolve PDF ink printing efficiency
Troubling Times in the Australian Printing Industry
The Australian printing industry is going through a period of innovation stagnation. The recent news of Pettaras Press falling into the hands of administrators further highlights the fragility of the industry. ColourProcess is determined to maintain its corporate growth identity; “driven by innovation”. These events may prove, more than ever, that innovation is the key to success.
As the European printing industry drives ahead with comprehensive ISO printer certification and advancing automation systems, the Australian industry is lagging further behind. Unless something changes soon, the gap will extend beyond the point of repair.
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