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Evaluating Environmental Sustainability of Digital Printing
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2010.26.1.art00025_1  Published OnlineJanuary 2010
Abstract

Concern about climate change and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has created pressures also for the digital printing industry. The previously published papers are based on assumptions of energy consumption on the press and during the pre and post press operations. We have collected the material flow and measured the energy consumption on different electrophotography printing presses from several Finnish printing houses. This enables us to present the results in reliable way.This paper will focus on new, unpublished, results of the life cycle assessment case made for a 4-colour photo book printed with production scale electrophotography. The life cycle is studied from cradle to the customer, starting from the forest and covering the paper manufacturing, printing and distribution to customer. The life cycle inventory (LCI) phase results are concerning the main emissions to air and water. The impact assessment phase was left out. Furthermore, the carbon footprint information was seen important to evaluate properly.The results are presented in a form to highlight the points were different actors in the value chain can affect the overall environmental load of the final product. The aim of this paper is also to provide guidance on improved environmental performance, focusing especially on energy and material efficiency in the printing phase.

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Merja Kariniemi, Minna Nors, Marjukka Kujanpää, Tiina Pajula, Hanna Pihkola, "Evaluating Environmental Sustainability of Digital Printingin Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication (NIP26),  2010,  pp 92 - 96,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2010.26.1.art00025_1

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