Process remains stagnant despite productivity, quality benefits In the early 1990s, waterless technology seemed to be the wave of the future in printing. As environmental pressures continued to mount in the printing industry, many printers began to examine the merits of waterless offset, which appeared to be numerous. The quality of the printing was sharper, and the printer would have one less major variable, the water-ink balance, to worry about. There would also be less make-rea...