The International Reprographic Association (IRgA) has defined digital services for the reprographics industry as:
"The creation, preparation, manipulation and management of all digital files - both black & white and color - created for the purpose of conveying information for electronic distribution, print output or archival purposes."
That’s a mouthful, but essentially correct. As technological advances have rapidly changed our industry from a blueprint world to a digital world, we have had to keep pace with these changes. Added expertise is required to handle the complexity of various digital files, methods of submission, and project-critical content.
As a reprographer, we are often a project’s central digital hub. This requires us to be diligent in checking for missing fonts and graphics, software limitations, corrupt files, missing files, file conversion problems, and other unexpected digital anomalies. The IRgA estimates that 50-70% of jobs submitted in a digital format are incomplete. Communication is therefore essential to the success of each project. This takes a team of highly trained and experienced professionals that are flexible and relentlessly committed to service. We define ourselves by this commitment.