Process Integration — Executing the Triple Play

Digital printing is a different scenario to the extent that the toners or inks don’t have the same color characteristics as offset inks, Remaley notes. Vendors like to point out that their digital machines can print a wider color gamut, he adds.

At some point, though, most digital printing operations will be asked to match the printing off an offset press. The common approach is to establish two workflows, one that capitalizes on the wider color gamut capabilities of the digital device and a second that matches sheetfed work, Remaley says. This is done by creating an ICC profile for the digital press to match SWOP or the fingerprint of a specific offset machine.