Presstek at drupa 2008: DI® Digital Offset Presses Address Key Business Challenges

Presstek 52DI and Presstek 34DI: Good for the Environment, Good for Business

Presstek’s DI presses offer chemistry-free platemaking, waterless printing and substantially less waste than conventional printing processes. A key advantage of DI is the ability to go from file to sellable color within 20 sheets. The Presstek DI’s ability to produce as few as 20 sheets of makeready waste per job is not only good for the environment it has a direct correlation to profitability, since PIA/GATF estimates that the cost of paper accounts for 22 percent of a printer’s sales revenues. In general, job profitability is 13 percent higher on a DI compared to a conventional press, and compared to a toner-based digital device, the DI press saves 50 percent on average per letter size page, according to research firm InfoTrends.