A web offset printing or a sheet-fed offset printing?
Web heatset offset printing:
Advantages:
  • a very beneficial price per copy with medium and large quantities
  • higher speed of printing (35-55 thousand sections per hour)
  • elimination of additional processes (after printing we obtain folded section ready for binding)
  • capability of obtaining a finished product (for example finished glued promotional leaflets)
  • high quality of printing
Limitations:
  • no capability of printing on paper above 130g/m2
  • necessity to wait for paper about five – six weeks
  • a limited number of possible formats
  • no capability of using special finishes in the inlet
Sheet-fed offset printing:
Advantages:
  • high quality of printing
  • fast availability of paper
  • selection of suitable fibre direction
  • a capability of printing any format
  • a capability of using any special finishes
  • an equal length of a cover and inlet
  • a capability of using additional colours (Pantone)
Limitations:
  • a lower speed of printing (7-10 thousand sheets per hour)
  • the necessity of additional processes after printing like folding
  • the necessity of the drying of sheets before the finishing processes
  • not profitable with medium and large quantities
  • a long lead time of the production for medium and large quantities
  • a limited capability of printing on paper with low paper weight
Elanders Poland has web presses (heatset and coldset) as well as sheet-fed machines so we can objectively recommend to our customers the printing technology tailored to a given work.