HOW PRINTING SPEAKS VOUME?

One of the main reasons people choose to consult a professional printing company when they require such services as banner, poster, and flyer printing is because of the speed and efficiency with which large amounts of printed material can be produced. For an individual to mass produce their own printed items would require them to buy their own supplies of paper, ink, card, laminating pouches, and the like. This could be an expensive and time-consuming exercise, and the end product will still lack the quality of a professional printer’s output.
Believe it or not, mass production has been possible in the printing and publishing industry for over 500 years. The invention of the printing press, originally roughly seven feet tall and long, meant that Western Europe had produced nearly twenty million books by the beginning of the 16th century. The early Gutenberg-style, hand-operated press could produce around four printed pages per minute – an impressive rate for the time, but a far cry from the 100 or more per minute capable of being produced by leading printers today.
With 3D printing very much one of the buzzwords in the print industry today, arguably the main stumbling block of introducing this at present is that it is a comparatively slow process, making mass production not possible in the same way as it is with traditional print services. Since the technique involves melting materials and dispensing them via a nozzle, or fusing minute particles together via a laser, it is not a process that can currently be carried out quickly or in high volumes.
However, the process – quite literally – adds another dimension to printing and, though still in its infancy, demonstrates the amazing versatility of the industry.

SOURCE: MinutemanPress.com