Digital Printing Technology

Printing machine comparison table

Canon
CLC
700/800

Agfa
Chromapress

Indigo
E-Print
1,000

Heidelberg
Quickmaster
DI 46-4

Printing Technology

Laser electron imaging

LED electronic imaging laser electronic imaging waterless printing speed single-sided A4/hour double-sided 420
210 2,100
2,100 1,980
890 Up to 20,000 Printing Area Inches 11 x 17 12 x 18 (Standard)
12 × 72 (maximum) 12 × 18 13 × 18 Maximum printable color 4 4 6 4 Pigment Type Dry toner Dry toner Water-based ink Offset ink Paper Weight 8-160 gsm 60-250 gsm 90-200 gsm 60- 360 gsm Paper Feeding Single Sheet Feeding Roll Paper Single Sheet Feeding Single Sheet Feeding Paper Receipt Single Sheet Receipt Variable Branched Cut Length Receipt Paper Receipt Single Paper Receipt Single Sheet Delivery Paper Non-Paper Material Labeling Transparent Film Label Transparent film polyester film label transparent film polyester film label accuracy (dpi) 400 600 800 1270 or 2540 continuous tone level 256 16 2 2 Screening technology Proprietary dot technology Variable dot density Traditional halftone Traditional halftone printing Content variability (some RIPs) Cocoa Postscript RIP Platform Variety (by third parties) PowerPC 604 SunSPARC DEC Alpha

Note: The data in the above table is as of September 1996. As the technology improves, some data may change.