Each printing process is divided into steps that are pre-press, press, and post-press. Prepress operations include steps during which the idea of a printed image is converted into an image carrier, such as a plate, cylinder, or screen.
Created in China, the printing press revolutionized society there before being further developed in Europe in the 15th century by Johannes Gutenberg and his invention of the Gutenberg press.
Printables, or downloadable planners, journals, stickers, and art prints are among the most lucrative and popular digital products to sell. It is entirely possible to earn a side- or even full-time income from selling printables, as many digital product creators have shown.
FedEx-Kinkos is probably a pretty good bet if you don't have access to a local printer. Printing [black & white] on your own paper is also just about $0.10 per page! Some quantities of paper, including colored cardstock, are sold by most office supply stores (Office Depot, Staples).
Listing a digital download on Etsy is just like creating a listing for a physical product, except that you will upload the file your clients will receive when they make a purchase. After buyers purchase a digital file on Etsy, it is instantly available on their download page.
Thanks to PNGs' high color depth, the format can handle high resolution photos easily. However, since it is a lossless web format, file sizes tend to become very large. PNG graphics are optimized for the screen. You could definitely print out a PNG, but you'd be better off with a JPEG (lossy) or a TIFF file.
For printing photos and color documents, inkjet printers are better, and while there are color laser printers, they are more expensive. Laser printers don't use ink, unlike inkjet printers. The trade-off is that, in general, laser printers are more costly.
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