| It is common knowledge that you get good | | | | you can avoid paying big money on rush orders.o |
| discounts with wholesale orders. In the world of | | | | Cost |
| printing, such deals are made possible by offset | | | | Since the setup process is shorter, it employs fewer |
| printing. You can order 500 copies and get low costs | | | | materials so the initial canvas print would cost |
| for each piece, and if you double the quantity, you | | | | significantly less than it would if it were printed |
| get twice the amount but only shell out a few dollars | | | | through offset. For offset printing, majority of the |
| more. That's a good option, especially if you need | | | | expense goes to the setup cost while ink and stock |
| thousands of copies. But what if you need ten or | | | | are the main dictators of the final cost of a digital |
| less, or even one copy? It would be impractical and | | | | print. |
| uneconomical to order one offset piece of, say, a | | | | In effect, you pay a flat rate for digital printing. For |
| canvas print. The cost of your printing project would | | | | offset printing, the high cost of the first print is |
| go sky-high. It's a good thing that there are ways to | | | | distributed with the succeeding canvas prints. |
| get cheap canvas printing deals even at small | | | | There are two other features of digital printing that |
| quantities. | | | | make it possible for you to get cheap canvas printing |
| Cheap deal | | | | deals.o Short run printing |
| Offset printing is a relatively more intricate process | | | | There are occasions wherein you need only a few |
| than digital printing since the former goes through film | | | | printouts, especially with large format ones. So it is |
| making, color separation and printing using multiple | | | | convenient and inexpensive if you will not be obliged |
| transfers of images within the process. | | | | to order more than you need and hence, pay more |
| Digital printing technology, on the other hand, does | | | | than what your budget would allow. Digital printing |
| things a little bit differently.o Turnaround time | | | | and short run prints go hand in hand. You can order |
| Canvas prints processed through digital printing are | | | | between one to a hundred canvas prints at |
| completed at a much shorter span of time since it | | | | affordable rates.o Print on demand |
| does not include some of the steps done in offset | | | | Print on demand (POD) is a special feature of digital |
| printing. For one, images are directly printed on the | | | | printing that lets you print as needed which gives you |
| stock so production time is less. | | | | flexibility in ordering. This means that you don't need |
| Many printing companies offer a 1-business day | | | | to have every copy printed at once, especially if you |
| turnaround time which means that your order gets | | | | have limited budget and you don't need them all |
| processed within a 24-hour period. This includes | | | | immediately. |
| printing and cutting. Once the turnaround period is | | | | If you sum up cheap canvas printing plus digital |
| done, this is followed by shipping, or the print is ready | | | | printing advantage: it's equal to getting good value for |
| for pickup. Short turnaround times allow you to get | | | | your money. |
| your canvas prints really fast. If you are in a hurry, | | | | |