High-speed inkjet and electrophotographic printing presses have recently made inroads into traditional commercial printing applications, such as direct mail, magazines, catalogs, and books. Each of these applications has similar but somewhat differing requirements and expectations for image permanence and print durability. In this study, we compare representative print samples produced by both digital and analog printing technologies for their image permanence and print durability performance. We will also discuss these results in the context of specific market applications.
Brian L. Lindstrom, Douglas E. Bugner, "A Comparison of Image Permanence and Print Durability Attributes for Commercial Digital Print Materials with Traditional Offset" in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication (NIP26), 2010, pp 400 - 403, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2010.26.1.art00008_2