Frankly Speaking: The Rise of the Full-Color Book
Why digital full color no longer means sacrificing quality.
By
Frank Romano
HP sent me a full-color travel book printed on coated stock. I would defy the most adamant print proponent (anyone left with a loupe in their pocket) to tell the difference between it and offset. Thus, as color becomes easier and more economical to produce, printers and publishers avail themselves of the new methods. Just as the monochrome digital printer gave us the on-demand book market, new digital color printer/presses are accelerating the production of all manner of books. And more and more color books are now produced than ever before—one at a time. x
0 Comments
View Comments
E
Frank Romano
Author's page
Frank Romano is Professor Emeritus at RIT School of Media Sciences.
Related Content
Comments
%0D%0A%20%20Before%20we%20go%20further,%20let's%20define%20some%20terms,%20as%20printers%20are,%20in%20essence,%20quite%20different%20from%20presses.%20Printers%20regenerate%20the%20impression%20for%20each%20copy%20from%20a%20digital%20file,%20which%20allows%20them%20to%20use%20electronic%20collation%20and%20print%20the%20pages%20of%20a%20book%20block%20in%20order.%20Presses,%20on%20the%20other%20hand,%20use%20a%20physical%20image%20carrier%20(a%20plate)%20to%20reproduce%20large%20printed%20sheets%20which%20are%20folded%20into%20signatures,%20gathered%20and%20bound.%20But%20printers%20become,%20in%20essence,%20presses%20when%20either%20the%20sheet%20size%20or%20output%20speed%20starts%20to%20approach%20the%20specs%20of%20an%20analog%20reproduction%20device%20(aka%20a%20press).%20A%20"printer%2Fpress"%20is%20my%20term%20for%20printers%20that%20have%20many%20characteristics%20of%20a%20press.<%2Fspan>%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.bookbusinessmag.com%2Farticle%2Fthe-rise-full-color-book%2F" target="_blank" class="email" data-post-id="1410" type="icon_link"> Email Email
0 Comments Comments