If you asked someone what a digital book was just a few years ago, they probably would have guessed that it was a book filled with numbers! But nothing could be further from the truth; a digital book looks just like any other book, but is printed with the latest digital technology.

This technology allows anyone to write a book and convert it into a computer file ready for printing. You don’t need to print a minimum of 2,500 copies like in the old days when books went on a big press—today you can print from one to a few thousand before the economics of long run printing kick in.

So what are these digital presses like? Years ago, people would have said they look like giant copy machines. However, recent generations of digital presses are so advanced that it is nearly impossible for most people to tell the difference between a book printed on one of them and a book printed on a traditional press.

Angel Print, Inc. in San Diego has several digital presses that do beautiful work, including a Xerox 5100,   a Xerox 4112 and a Xerox Igen. Any of these digital presses would have made Johannes Gutenberg jump for joy because of their speed and because of the quality of the printed product they produce.

The Xerox 5100 is a well-known workhorse in the Xerox line. Angel Printing maintains one because it is a very cost effective way to produce short and medium digital press runs at low cost.

The Xerox 4112 is an amazing digital press, and is ideal for booklets. It can turn out hundreds of them, up to 80 pages each, saddle-stitched, in just a matter of minutes.   It can accept a wide range of paper stocks, including coated, so it’s ideal for producing high quality short runs like instruction booklets or special reports. This digital press prints black and white but has the capacity to integrate color inserts during the printing process.

 The digital press that really attracts attention at Angel Printing is the Xerox Igen. This monster is built like a Ferrari and is capable of turning out full color books. Of course, that’s not all it does. It also has the capability to print full-color magazines, catalogs, brochures, direct mail pieces, inserts and flyers, and it does it all with stunning graphic quality.

 Angel Printing prints short-run books, and does all kinds of binding too—everything from wire bound and saddle stitching right up through perfect bound (paperback) and hard-cover books. Besides the quality of the books, the best part is that you can order them in the hundreds, if you wish, not in the thousands. That makes digital printing ideal for printing things like annual reports, software manuals, family or corporate histories, and advanced review copies (ARCs) of books that will be mass produced later.

 Not only does Angel Printing have the equipment to produce quality short-run books, but they also have the talent. You can contact your Angel Printing customer service representative and get help at every step along the way. The Angel Printing team will help you produce a book you’ll be proud of.