{"id":1629,"date":"2025-09-12T11:13:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/print-talk-whats-the-difference-between-digital-and-offset-printing\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:38:36","slug":"print-talk-whats-the-difference-between-digital-and-offset-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/print-talk-whats-the-difference-between-digital-and-offset-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Print talk: what&#8217;s the difference between digital and offset printing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Digital printing \ud83d\udda8\ufe0f<\/h2>\n<p>Digital printing is like a super-fast printer: instantly ready for action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Perfect if you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>want to have small print runs;<\/li>\n<li>need quick results;<\/li>\n<li>Want to personalize each print (e.g., name or unique number).<\/li>\n<li>No long preparations, just high-quality printed matter that reaches you quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Offset printing \ud83d\udd8b\ufe0f<\/h2>\n<p>Offset printing is ideal for those who want large runs and high quality. Here we use printing plates and ink transferred to paper through a rubber blanket. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Advantages:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>costs some preparation, but is then advantageous for large runs;<\/li>\n<li>top quality and luxurious workmanship;<\/li>\n<li>perfect for books, catalogs and brochures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Situation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Best choice<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Small print run &amp; speed<\/td>\n<td>Digital<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Large print run &amp; luxury quality<\/td>\n<td>Offset<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>At Hendrix Printing Company, we personally guide you every step of the way. With our 80 years of experience, we think with you about: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the best printing technique for your project;<\/li>\n<li>materials and workmanship;<\/li>\n<li>smart solutions for your budget and schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 Have a question about printing? Let us know, and we might address it in the next Print Talk.<br \/>\nGet <a href=\"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/contact\/\">in touch<\/a> and find out what we can do for your project! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you want a catalog, brochure, book or other printed material created: choices abound!<br \/>\nToday we answer a common question: what is the difference between digital and offset printing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-print-talk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1629"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3821,"href":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629\/revisions\/3821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drukkerijhendrix.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}