Advances in technology (print)

Offset printing is a popular printing style which the image that is inked is transferred from a plate to a sheet made of rubber, then to the printing surface. When combined with the lithographic procedure, the offset technique employs a smooth flat image carrier on which the image obtains ink from the rollers they used, while the non-printing area attracts a water-based film, keeping the non-printing areas free of ink. This technique was used since 1875 and was proved most useful and efficient










There was many types of printing after that such as mimeograph, screen printing, laser printing and thermal printing. but whats been most successful recently has been the digital press. Digital printing is printing from a digital based source image directly to a selection of media. Digital printing has a down side, it has a higher cost per page than basic offset printing but this price is usually offset by the saving in cancelling out all the technical steps between to make printing plates.








Now something is slowly taking over, it is newspaper articles on the internet published by the companies running the papers. These individual websites are proving to be more efficient to produce and easier for their audiences to view. This has the same effect that the material paper has, but is easier to use. There is full articles and there are still adverts on the sides and occasionally on banners in the middle.