Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Tips On Digital Printing That Is Eco Friendly

By Lelia Hall


For as long as man could read there has always been some printing going on. Printing can be traced back to the hieroglyphics age where man used to draw on stone to communicate and record memoirs in caves. This type of prints basically involved a paint brush a dye and a surface where one could print. This eventually changed when man started printing their messages on script then this method eventually changed to modern day prints. With the modern day concern about the environment, it has lead to the apprising of digital printing that is eco friendly.

In collaboration with manufacturers, printing firm are becoming more environmentally friendly by making use of recycled paper. This form of paper saves the forests because instead of cutting down the trees they recycle the already existing paper to make paper for print. This method of recycling is convenient since the amount of paper available is still substantial.

Post consumer paper is one of the biggest benefits for all parties concerned with the environment this is because for the manufacturers it means cheaper raw materials for the printing firms it means cheaper paper and for the public in general it means a much more cleaner environment since a huge percentage of the litter is composed of paper and without the paper it means a cleaner environment for all.

This exercise forms part of our daily lives since a large percentage of our products has to be advertised either by a drawing or by a written form. This makes it very vital for business. Since necessity is the mother of invention businesses have changed their tact; instead of using the traditional mode of writing they have turned to electric printing like the use of electric mail to advertise, the use of short message services in order to convey their messages. These electric systems have helped them cope with the environmentally friendly bandwagon.

The process of manufacturing paper is highly dependent on chemicals since the raw material is wood and chlorine. A reduction in manufacturing of paper proportionately leads to a reduction in levels of chemicals emitted into the atmosphere. The amount of chemicals required to print if reduced also makes printing more eco friendly.

Most machines that were used in the early stages of invention of the printer were bulky and used a substantial amount of energy. The energy used was really expensive to produce and it involved a taxing task to the environment. The replacement of this machines with less bulky, more energy saving and faster printers lead to a huge reprieve on the environment. This is because they consume less energy thus saving more of the eco system.

The amount of ink used in the printing industry cannot be overlooked. This is because it is substantial and ink is basically composed of chemicals. A reduction in the amount of ink used in the print industry and an increase in its quality are among the measures taken to make the sector eco-friendly since it will be of less damage to the environment.

Since print media forms part of our lives its reduction will be hard to ensure but to protect the environment the stake holders have come up with the aforementioned methods to be eco friendly.




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