środa, 17 października 2012

Advantages Of Digital Printing That Is Eco Friendly

By Lakisha Barton


In this passing few years, the printing industry has developed so much. The old printers have now been replaced by digital printing that is eco friendly. They used products, which produced substances polluting the environment. With time, they have been eliminated and people are now using new printers, which use eco-friendly inks and techniques. This has turned the industry to one, which minds about the environment and its resources.

Problems such as high levels of pollution, carcinogens, greenhouse gases and other harmful materials have forced these companies to turn to practices that are friendly to the environment. This shows how people are becoming conscious of practices, which are a threat to the environment while doing business. They have reduced the amount of wastes, pollutants and harmful chemicals produced in the industry.

To begin with, the eco-friendly printers uses soy or vegetable inks as opposed to petroleum inks which were previously used. Soy ink is produced from soybean oil, refined slightly and mixed with waxes, pigment and resins. The ink is clear naturally, unlike the petroleum ones; therefore requires small amount of pigment to make inks with bright color. As a result, reduced amounts of chemicals are used to produce this ink.

During recycling process, removal of soy ink from the paper fibers is easy and damage cases are rare. This implies that large amounts of waste papers are recycled and used again instead of using new papers. This helps preserve environmental resources, which facilitate more paper production. Additionally, the process produces harmless materials, which are easy to manage.

The reason for traditional printers to produce pollutants was because it used petroleum based inks, which produced harmful gases as byproducts. They also produced organic wastes, which could result to diseases such as asthma and cancer. This industry was said to be in top five in the pollutant list. This was because it used high quantity of power and renewable resources. It also produced large amounts of toxic wastes, which polluted the environment.

Additionally, digital printers use recycled materials, for instance, papers. The recycling method used virgin pulp, an ecological element, which helps bleach used papers to make them new again. The pulp is better than chlorine, which bleached papers with petroleum ink. Products from mature trees were also used, making more forest trees, which utilize carbon dioxide, to be cut down. This leads to global warming, which then lead to climate change.

These new machines are not wasteful since they give accurate printings with the first print out. Although they are slowly, they give satisfactory results and are cheap since they require few papers. The previously used printers are wasteful because they use many papers before they produce accurate presentation. One has to write on a stencil first. Although the machine works faster, it is expensive.

Digital printing that is eco friendly saves the future of the world since is involves green production. It uses soy ink, produces few waste and use recycled materials, a step to conservation. Even though, not all of them have good qualities and therefore one must check qualities before buying. The cost must be effective and the seller must also be reliable.




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