"That's the beauty of digital printing, " explained the London-based Mr. Pilotto, a digital-print pioneer.
It's easier and faster than using software to design a digital printing model from scratch.
Even with the advantages, it won't be economical to do color digital printing commercially beyond 2, 000 pages.
It also plans to provide professional services to commercial and digital printing markets.
So color digital printing won't be cheap--5 to 10 cents per page versus a fraction of a penny for offset.
Xerox, at its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), invented the graphical user interface, ethernet communications and the language of digital printing.
Kodak sought to become the master of digital printing and was forging headlong into the self-service digital printing kiosk business, among others.
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The rich red design is a digital printing of a photograph of a worn rug, clear from a distance but blurry up close.
His digital printing firm, an S-Corporation, has 30 workers.
The latest, Antonio Perez, who took charge in 2005, has focused on turning the firm into a powerhouse of digital printing (something he learnt about at his old firm, Hewlett-Packard, and which Kodak still insists will save it).
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They took the VCs' money and ran: The graphical user interface went to Apple and appeared in the Lisa and the Macintosh, ethernet went to the startup 3Com, and the digital-printing language was snapped up by Adobe Systems.
In the modern world of digital or offset printing, it is precisely this old-fashioned artistry and attention to detail that holds the allure for those looking to create something special be it bespoke Christmas cards or a holiday gift.
Meanwhile, printing the digital images with an ink-jet printer at home brings back fond memories of darkrooms under the stairs with trays of developer, acetic acid and hypo.
Sharing is easier with digital images, but printing is harder.
As an inventor, entrepreneur and currently the director of Product Innovation for SolidWorks, Chin has been a pioneer of 3 Dimensional printing, digital modeling software and, more recently, sustainable design practices.
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Made to be mobile: Designed for old and new fans of Polaroid, the Z340 camera's one pound, seven ounce, simple and intuitive features make instant printing and digital photography effortless with its rechargeable lithium-ion battery that prints up to 25 photos and 75 captures.
The migration from old fashioned printing presses to digital output represents another large opportunity for HP.
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Statasys said the deal will position it as a leader in 3-D printing and direct digital manufacturing.
Stratasys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSYS) and Objet Ltd. today announced the completion of their merger, forming a leader in 3D printing and direct digital manufacturing.
Stratasys boasts an impressive portfolio of 3D printing and direct digital manufacturing solutions, with systems that produce parts with a wide range of capabilities and materials.
"New digital design tech, 3D printing, robotics and the emerging field of 3D scanning, plus exponential leaps in manufacturing -- together, they are putting really powerful tools into the hands of individuals, " he says.
The market is declining 2%-3% a year because, as Pereira explains, more people are going digital but also because of duplex printing.
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One of the tech editors over at Instructables -- Amanda Ghassaei -- has put a new twist on the digital delivery of music by 3D printing a record.
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The process of 3-D printing uses computer-created digital models to create real-world objects -- everything from simple toys or jewelry to more complex objects with moving parts.
As with writing and printing and broadcasting, the challenge with digital media is to resist the totalitarian impulse.
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Both recently unveiled new digital cameras and software intended to simplify the sharing and printing of images.
Already, 3D printing has been refined to the point where digital models can be duplicated into physical prototypes or production parts that closely resemble mass-produced products in looks and function.
Although Heidelberg dominates the traditional offset commercial printing market, Xerox leads the fast-growing digital-production color segment with a market share of 55%.
But as new gun bills have been proposed in the wake of recent shootings, creating a bootleg weapon with digital pieces may soon be far easier: As simple as printing a spring-loaded plastic box.
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