Reasons To Adopt Sustainable Digital Printing

By Imelda Reid


Ever since historical times the channels of communications that man has been using has changed from the drawings used on stone tablets and scrolls to more evolved and detailed prints. Sustainability is a process that addressees the requirements of a current generation without influencing the ability of the future generation to access the resource. By adapting a sustainable digital printing approach in the print industry that combines sound environmental practices, a clean Eco system is able to be realized.

Even with the expansion in demand a well-guarded and ecological approach particularly when printing resulting from supply consumption and energy maintenance. Printing can be executed in a way that meets the needs of the current groups while putting into consideration the requirements of the forthcoming populations. Not only do these engagements add to resource maintenance but they also play a key role in reduction of waste, control pollution and conserve energy.

Sustainability is not a straight forward process that involves a list of dos and dons but rather a sophisticated sequential process involving the participation of every unit in a printing company. Manufacturing firms require maintaining their competitiveness as they incorporate the technology which needs to be systematic and systemic.

Systematic involves methodizing the green technology in an ordered system for efficiency in coordination with other departments in the manufacturing industry. The green technology has to be incorporated in the existing system in a manner that it does not create an interference with any of the existing department in the industry. The technology has also to involve all of the existing departments hence it should be systemic.

The main codes involved in sustainably printing are three and entail the envelope, the processes and the product which are key models to be looked into by every green organization. The product consists of proposals, the produce outcome and finally the resources channeled into the manufacturing process. The process refers to the authentic production that brings about the making of prints used before the printing process, the definite prints and those after the printing process.

Finally, the envelope refers to all the support activities that take place at a printing industry such as the employees who work in the company, the surrounding buildings, all the transportation activities and the maintenance processes. The three main principle concepts form a guideline through which environmental responsibility and policies are identified and developed around various key elements.

The elements include maximizing recycling opportunities. The other elements include the harvesting of renewable energy from its sources and the conservation of scarce resources resulting in the reduction of waste. These may be achieved through the use of environmental friendly vegetable based inks on printing presses, which do not have any petroleum base emulsions, lower ink and consumable wastage, less make-ready paper waste and better energy ratings thus more energy efficiency.

Furthermore, maximization of press sheet can be employed to limit waste by fitting multiple pieces on one large piece of paper. The paper fiber also must be the most environmental-friendly paper fiber which comes from crops and not trees like left over from parts of food that we do not eat, ideal for making paper-pulp and recycling of water used for press-plating imaging machine.




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