printintensive

Printintensive is an attributive term used to describe tasks, workflows, or systems that produce a large amount of printed material. It is commonly used in office automation, document management, and commercial printing to distinguish heavy print workloads from light or digital-only operations.

In practice, a printintensive workload can influence equipment choice and process design. Printers and multifunction devices used for printintensive tasks typically require high monthly duty cycles, large paper-handling capacities, fast and consistent output, reliable media feeding, and robust print-queue management. Software components such as print servers, job schedulers, and automated templating can also be optimized for batch processing, mail merges, and scheduled print runs.

Key considerations include total pages produced per month, pages per minute, job reliability, toner or ink consumption, maintenance intervals, and total cost of ownership. Energy use and waste from misprints or misfeeds are relevant environmental factors in assessing a printintensive setup.

Common applications include payroll and customer statements, catalogs and mail-order materials, invoices, tickets, packing slips, and other high-volume printed documents. Efficient planning may employ duplex printing, toner recycling strategies, and centralized print management to reduce costs and waste.

See also: high-volume printing, print management, document workflow.