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Building
 Much easier to install in an existing building
 Second floor installations are possible
 Less of a footprint
 Less height
 Minimal foundation requirements
 Less electrical power needed
Secondary Savings
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No plate making equipment needed
Only setup is ripping
No plates
No blankets
No ink adjustments
No dampening system
Increased cost
of digital
supplies
Savings
gained from
existing offset
24" broadsheet size with 4 color on all pages, 30# news
1,000
# Pages
4
Digital
4
Offset
8
Digital
8
Offset
12
Digital
12
Offset
16
Digital
16
Offset
20
Digital
20
Offset
24
Digital
24
Offset
28
Digital
28
Offset
32
Digital
32
Offset
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Offset Printing vs. Digital Printing
Cost & Profit Comparison
24 page tabloid, 4/color on all plates, 1,000 copies, 30lb. 29”
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Paper
Plates
Ink
Pre-Press
Press
Labor
Labor
Offset
Profit
Digital
Offset Printing vs. Digital Printing
Labor Dollars Spent
24 page tabloid, 4/color on all plates, 1,000 copies
Labor Cost
350
300
$324
250
200
150
$188
100
50
0
Offset
Digital
Offset Printing vs. Digital Printing
Time to Process & Print
24 page tabloid, 4/color on all plates, 1,000 copies
Processing Time
400
350
370
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
78
Offset
Digital
Job 1
Job 2
Job 3
24 Pages
32 Pages
40 Pages
Billing
$934
$1213
$1492
Paper
($88)
($117)
($146)
Ink
($138)
($184)
($230)
Labor
($155)
($194)
($233)
Profit
$553
$718
$883
Total Time
104 Minutes
Total Profit
$2,154
Open
Supply
System
Improved
Quality and
Pricing
User
Purchase
TKS
Testing
Vendor
Approved
Screen Shot from Color Management Station
Conventional Web Offset
Pre-flight
• 10 minutes
• 1 Staff
Imposition/Preps
for Proof/CTP
Pre-flight
• 10 minutes
• 1 Staff
• 1 Staff
Place to In-Design • 5 minutes
Send to RIP
Digital Jet Leader 1500
Create Certified PDF
(x1a)
• 10 minutes
• 1 Staff
• 15 minutes
• 1 Staff
• 10 minutes
Sent to Job Desk
and Downloaded
• 1 Staff
Release and Print
Proofs
• 20 minutes
Release Plates to
CTP
• 30 minutes
Collect Plates and
Bend
• 20 minutes
Plate Press – 3
Towers
• 30 minutes
• 1 Staff
• 1 Staff
• 1 Staff
• 4 Staff
Print 1,000 Copies • 35 minutes
• 4 Staff
Print 1,000 Copies
• 10 minutes
• 1 Staff
• 24 minutes
• 2 Staff
Conventional Web Offset
Total Production Time: 370 minutes
Digital Jet Leader 1500
Total Production Time: 78 minutes
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Jetleader Waste= 10 meters at $0.30
Community Waste
Community Waste 835 meters = $25
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“It is not the strongest of the species that
survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It
is the one that is most adaptable to change.”
Charles Darwin