{"id":1652,"date":"2010-09-13T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2024-01-26T10:48:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T10:48:52","slug":"staying-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/?p=1652","title":{"rendered":"Staying dry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"80\" class=\"wp-image-1653\" style=\"width: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20-Ink-Maker.jpg\" alt=\"\"> Although waterless printing has been around for a while, it\u2019s mostly been seen as a niche technology, but thanks to greater awareness of environmental issues, more printers are now looking at going waterless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask a printer about consumables and they\u2019ll mention things like inks, paper and plates, but conventional printing presses use an enormous amount of water, a natural resource that we are all starting to think about conserving. 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