Buying a Digital Press (Now)? -- Waldman

Dry or waterless digital imaging presses are very different from the wet variety and are a bigger parameter change for the traditional printer. You could say that waterless printing is more like gravure in concept than offset because the plate is etched. There is no ink/water balance so the first sellable sheet comes up very fast, usually in 10 sheets or less. There is almost no ghosting, solids can be quite intense and the presses can really hold a sharp dot.