After the imaging heads have done their thing the press can now be brought up to speed and start the make-ready process. On a digital press this does not take that long because the RIP has automatically registered the image. This is the process for a static digital press, which prints the same page over and over. The process for a dynamic press is somewhat different. Well if you do not remember I ll tell you anyway, in a dynamic press the image on every page is different.
Every page can have a unique or variable data on it.
The difference comes when the RIP sends the data to the imaging heads. This is the different step. The RIP takes the place of the imaging head. Instead the RIP tells the toner heads what color or type is to be changed on the next page. Instead of printing one page for 500 copies the dynamic press prints 500 copies of a book, one page at a time.