Offset / Digital Printing

Offset Lithography
Offset lithography is the most common high volume commercial printing technology. In offset printing, the desired print image is burned onto a plate and is then transferred (or offset) from the plate to a rubber blanket, and then to the printing surface. The lithographic process is based on the repulsion of oil and water. The image to be printed gets ink from ink rollers, while the non printing area attracts a film of water, keeping the non printing areas ink-free. Lithography is available for 1 to 6 color jobs.

Digital Printing
Digital printing eliminates many of the mechanical steps required for conventional printing, including making films and color proofs, manually stripping the pieces together and making plates. Digital prints usually have a shorter turn around time because of this. Every print is the same with more accurate counts, less waste and fewer variations, due to not having to balance ink and water during press run.

Finish Coatings
Coatings are applied to the protect the printed pages from moisture, extreme temperatures, scuffs, scratches, and frequent handling. They are also used to draw the eye to a particular element on the page. We offer four types of print coatings: overprint varnish, aqueous coating, lamination, and UV coating. All four are available in matte, dull, satin, and glossy. Please note that coatings appear differently on uncoated paper versus coated paper. If you plan on writing or rubber stamping on your publication, we suggest not using any coating as it will limit your ability to write on the paper.

Variable Data Personalization
Variable Data Personalization is also known as variable-information printing (VIP) or VI. This is a form of on-demand printing in which elements such as text, graphics and images may be changed from one printed piece to the next, without stopping or slowing down the printing process and using information from a database or external file. For example, a set of personalized letters, each with the same basic layout, can be printed with a different name and address on each letter. Variable data printing is mainly used for direct marketing, customer relationship management, advertising and invoicing on self mailers, brochures or postcard campaigns.

Mail Merge
Mail merge is a software function describing the production of multiple (and potentially large numbers of) documents from a single template form and a structured data source. Millennium Printing can make this task a breeze allowing your company to mail some or all the customers in your database with a similar message and include the name of each customer in the greeting.