The courtship of transactional and promotional communications
The insertion of promotional messaging into transactional communications opened the door for the highly personalized communications we see today.
The insertion of promotional messaging into transactional communications opened the door for the highly personalized communications we see today.
Modern print technology costs a fraction of the original production digital printers. Add in vastly improved print quality, powerful personalization capabilities and low operating costs and you’ll understand why printed communications are here to stay.
Promotional printing relied on offset presses to support a print and distribute model. Until digital printers incorporated offset workflows and launched the Print on Demand market.
For decades offset presses were the go to choice for promotional communications. Print on Demand put an end to that monopoly.
For hundreds of years the almighty printing press was the sole choice for creating promotional communications. The internet, digital color printing and mobile phones put an end to that.
Home computers and dial up internet access started a massive change in how we communicate. Transactional and Promotional communications were forever changed.
Digital production printers utterly shattered the status quo use of line printers and redefined the approach to transactional print.
Transactional Print started in the data center where line printers ruled the world. Until they didn’t
How has technology and electronic data changed healthcare communications? Looking into the past can help us see the future.