Quick printing is the industry’s third largest segment in terms of the number of jobs and is the industry’s second major segment in terms of number of establishments. Used mostly by small businesses and households, quick printing establishments use a variety of printing and copying methods for projects that have short runs and need quick turnaround. Many of these establishments have extended into other office-related services, such as shipping and selling office supplies to satisfy the small business user. Other segments of the printing industry contain establishments that provide specialty services to the printing industry, such as prepress services and trade binding and related work.
The printing industry, like many other industries, continues to undergo technological updation, as computers and technology alter the manner in which work is performed. Although digital printing is currently a small piece of the industry, it is the fastest growing industry segment as printers embrace this technology. Most commercial printers now do a number of form of digital printing. Printing processes today use scanners and digital cameras to input images and computers to operate and format the graphic images prior to printing. Digital printing is transforming prepress operations as well as the printing development. It eliminates much of the lengthy process in manually transferring materials to the printing press by straight transferring digital files to an electronically driven output device.
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