Saturday, July 26, 2014

The Benefits Of Sustainable Digital Printing

By Imelda Reid


Since medieval times the processes through which man has conveyed information has gradually undergone a systematic evolution, from primitive drawings on wall caves and stone tablets to the more advanced, sophisticated and detailed printouts. Sustainability is a holistic approach that meets the needs of the current generation without compromising the needs of the future generation. Sustainable digital printing is a new approach that incorporates environmentally sound methods to ensure a green world.

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 entails employing the green technical knowledge in a defined system with the other units in the industry. This green scientific know-how has to be introduced to the system in a manner that it does not create any technical difficulties with the current units in the industry. The green scientific know how has to be incorporated in every department rendering it 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.

Increasing the recycling opportunities is one of the elements. Extraction of renewable energy and the preservation of inadequate resources which in turn results in minimization of waste resources which can be achieved by the use of green vegetable inks on printing surfaces, that do not contain emulsions for petroleum base, Wastes from the consumers papers that results in the production of less waste resulting into good use of energy.

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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