E-Devices: Print’s Frenemy

Perhaps the greater impact is seen in the offset vs. digital printing battle, with book publishers increasingly seeking shorter runs and going back on press more frequently in an effort to do away with the dreaded inventorying and waste. Digital printing enables shorter run lengths that are simply not cost-feasible with conventional printing. For Montreal-based Transcontinental, going digital has brought back much of the work that was being sent to Asian countries.