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Choose Your Colour (Part 2): Litho vs. Digital Printing

Posted on 25 August 2009 in Design ♦ Estimate reading time: Less than a minute ♦ by Elzette Roelofse

1. Litho Printing

Litho printing (Offset printing) is also known as lithography or lithographic printing. Litho printing works on the basic principle that oil and water do not mix.

2. Digital Printing

Digital printing is a four process colour reproduction method that uses electronic files and dots to produce an image using ink and toner. It is basically a ‘print straight from disk’ process. The computer works in sync with the digital printer to produce a smoothly finished image.

Read the rest of my post at PrintQuote where I have blogged for Printhouse Corporation.

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