A technique that allows an enterprise to print a quantity of documents electronically as needed. Typically, the documents are forms, brochures, booklets or similar documents that formerly had to be printed in large quantities in advance, and stored in a warehouse.
A method of book publishing using new printing technology to print books one at a time, as they are ordered.
Printing, usually from a digital file to a digital printer, only when the object is needed and in the quantity required. Advantages: minimizes up front costs and waste; it's fast and easy to keep up to date; and it is ideal for variable data applications. Disadvantage: Higher unit costs.
"Print-on-demand." See BOD.
Print on Demand:. is a type of printing technology that allows a complete book to be printed and bound in a matter of minutes. This makes it easy and cost-effective to produce books one or two at a time or in small lots, rather than in large print runs of a thousand or more. Due to economies of scale, POD books have a higher unit production cost than books produced by means of a traditional offset print run. POD technology has a number of applications. Commercial publishers use it when they can't justify the expense of producing and warehousing a large print run--for instance, to keep lower-selling books or their backlists available. Some independent publishers use it as a more economical publishing model, trading lower startup costs against smaller per-book profits. Last but not least, there are the fee-based POD publishing services that offer a service that's similar--but not identical--to self-publishing. It can be perfect for a small run for family and friends.
print on demand. An electronic printing process that delivers exactly and only what the customer wants, when the customer wants it, and at the place where it is needed.
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With the storage of the digital print file and all of the related information used to replicate a print series, art can be printed in small runs, as needed, on demand.
Abbreviation for print-on-demand, the printing of a book or books only after a copy has been sold, rather than in large print runs. More cost efficient for publishers, although currently POD is mainly for self-publishing.
abbreviation - See Print on Demand
Print on Demand. Usually, single copies of complete books produced upon request through a variety of processes.
Print on demand (POD) is the process of storing a book in digital format, then printing and binding that book only when it is ordered by a customer.
Print that is driven by demand (e.g., printed only when needed) and personalized to meet the needs of the particular audience at the time of print. Portfolio-Specific PrintingSM – A NewRiver solution that enables financial firms to give investors more relevant disclosure documents tailored to their individual investment holdings for less cost.
abbreviation for print on demand - publishing a book or books as they are demanded.
Print on Demand, publishing a book or books as they are demanded by the publisher.
print on demand - a method of publishing that prints a book when the reader purchases it (market sale print), rather than investing in thousands of unsold copies (print market sale).
Print on demand is seen by many to have a promising future as traditional printing methods become unprofitable when doing small print runs (less than a thousand or two books) -- printing books as they are required, instead of printing and then hoping the demand is there. Theoretically this could mean that books never go out of print, because tools exist to simply print more in a very automated fashion (be it one copy or one thousand). POD is supposed to make it faster, easier and cheaper to print books than traditional methods.
Print On Demand, a publishing model where books can be printed as they're needed by a buyer, point of sale or library.
Print on demand. A current technique of printing only as many books as are needed at the moment. It is a way of managing (keeping down) inventory, as well as a means of keeping content current.
Print On Demand. Document images are stored in electronic format and are available to be quickly printed and in the exact quantity required, long or short runs.