| Digital printing accounts for the largest number of | | | | digital presses. The technology has been applied in |
| printed pages in the whole world. It has found | | | | animation process to get rid of the hand-inking |
| different areas of use especially the office and | | | | stage usually involved in the process. |
| the home. It is subdivided into two categories: | | | | Inkjet printers are mostly used in the |
| The small format is widely used in offices and | | | | reproduction of images by use of different sizes |
| libraries and even home while the large format is | | | | of ink droplets onto a page. This technology is |
| used in many drafting design firms. There are | | | | famous because the printers are more silent in |
| various printing technologies that can be applied in | | | | their process as compared to others and can |
| this field and some of them include the following. | | | | print images with finer details which are smoother. |
| Blueprint is one of the technologies used in the | | | | They also come with the benefit of being cheaper |
| reproduction of technical drawings, architectural | | | | than other printing technologies making them |
| and engineering designs. It was developed in 1842 | | | | easily available. |
| and has been in use since then. Recent | | | | Laser printers are starting to replace many types |
| developments have seen the replacement of | | | | of printers as it can produce high quality images |
| blueprints with other chemical based technologies | | | | on papers. Though it uses xerographic printing |
| such as black print, white print and Diazo which | | | | process, it produces the image by passing a laser |
| have been seen as less expensive and more | | | | beam across the photoreceptor of the printer. |
| modern. | | | | Printers with laser technology are easy to |
| Xerography is a type of printing that is usually | | | | maintain and have various parts that can be |
| dry. Today it has found use in many areas such | | | | replaced if they stop working. |
| as laser printers, photocopy machines as well as | | | | |