Ligare Book Printing and Publishing | Specialist Book Printers

Ligare Digital Print Facility, the digital division of Ligare, is one of the most advanced digital book printing facilities in Australia. In November 2008 we officially opened the new facility which offers even greater capacity and improved efficiencies. Ligare Digital’s services are ideal for book, journal, magazine, newsletter, report and booklet runs of under 500.

Flexibility with offset-like quality
Digital publication printing means that you can economically:

The possibilities are open to you with digital printing, you are only limited by your imagination. We can keep your publication on file giving you unlimited order options throughout the life of the title.

Binding options
Your digital publications can also be bound with all the binding options offered at Ligare’s bindery.

File formats
Our preferred file format is Acrobat PDF with embedded fonts. However, we can also accept the following files:

One of the great advantages of digital print is that you only print your exact needs. From 100 to 300 copies can be available to you within a few weeks. You save on warehouse and transportation costs of a larger than necessary run, as well as the inventory management costs; balancing unit cost against these other real costs makes short-run digital printing a realistic solution.

We can also run extra covers on the conventional 4 colour cover press to keep aside for you with the first run, and then as each subsequent run is needed the cost is lessened and the turnaround time is shortened even further.

Ligare Digital can produce a full production proof of your publication for you to approve before printing which you can request at quotation.

Ligare’s partner in digital printing is Océ whose digital sheet and web printers produce similar quality printing to conventional offset printing.

The latest addition to Ligare Digital is an Océ VarioPrint 6250 which has just won the “Product of the Year 2007” award given by the European Digital Press Association. A cut-sheet monochrome printing system it is the world’s most productive duplex, cut sheet digital printer with breakthrough performance, offset-class quality, higher productivity, reliability and smooth integration.

The Océ VarioPrint 6250 minimises the environmental impact at every stage: from low emissions and energy savings, right through to optimised asset recovery at end-of-life.

Because the Océ VarioPrint 6250 prints simultaneously both sides of the paper about 45% of energy consumption is saved and it also requires less cooling demands than its main competitors. It delivers 25% less noise and is designed for a long productive working life. The use of mono-component toner and an organic photoconductor, with no developer and no silicon fuser oil, minimises the environmental impact normally found in digital printers. Océ VarioPrint 6250 uses no solvent in the toners.

Other services at Ligare Digital

No Electronic File?
Many older titles have no electronic file available. This is no problem as we can take your mint copy book, scan the text and cover, and then print the new copies as required.

Please note that scanning results may vary from the original, and also the mint copy book will be dismantled for this procedure. Ligare can rebind the original book for you if required.

Mailing services
Ligare Digital can print your invoices or statements to include in newsletter / magazine / journal / report mailing. The Kern Inserting Machine can fold and insert invoices/statements into envelopes for distribution through Australia Post using client’s Australia Post accounts.