Digital Book Production: The Demands of On Demand

High-speed inkjet in particular is shaping up to be an even greater disruption than EP, as the optical density and quality of inks—and the number of available substrates—increases dramatically. "With the quality improvements in inkjet technology, inks, and papers, there are more and more books of the 'coffee table' variety that look just as good to consumers when done with inkjet as they did with offset," says Crumbaugh. "It's just a different way of doing the same thing. 'Overcome' is the wrong word for dealing with this kind of disruptive technology. I think it's more accurate to say it needs to be embraced."