Digital printing services – Choosing the right paper stock

Digital printing services – Choosing the right paper stock

For digital printing services, one needs to choose the right paper stock for best results. One should always use digital paper in a digital press for digital printing services. Digital paper is extremely crucial because it is specifically designed with the precise moisture levels as needed in case of a digital press.

Digital paper is precision cut so that one can decide upon the size to be used for digital printing services. Depending on the printing medium, the digital printer may be treated with specific surface treatments like dry toner, inkjet ink or, liquid toner.

Use of offset paper for digital printing services may sound cost effective, but can result in a number of unfortunate consequences like adding more time and labour, sheets stuck together, introduces contaminants into the digital press and printing on the wrong grain direction thereby resulting in a poor quality print material.