(Summary description)Digital, information and wisdom have completely changed the way of printing, communication and production. We should not only strive for faster, better and more efficient production based on our own standards, but also how to integrate text, graphics and image information into other communication media. , To create more value in the field of diversified media, making exquisite printing of information files an important part of business and communication operations. Printing media may be reduced but will never disappear, because human beings always have a demand for visual senses. Printing technology has intervened in high-tech production. Today is by no means the culmination. There will be more applications in the future, just how we face it. , Just because of it. However, the basic information of the exhibitors this year tried to use XML and Postscript File combined with the concept of Database, with a single input information file (One input) and multiple output (Many output) as the application.
Digital, information and wisdom have completely changed the way of printing, communication and production. We should not only strive for faster, better and more efficient production based on our own standards, but also how to integrate text, graphics and image information into other communication media. , To create more value in the field of diversified media, making exquisite printing of information files an important part of business and communication operations. Printing media may be reduced but will never disappear, because human beings always have a demand for visual senses. Printing technology has intervened in high-tech production. Today is by no means the culmination. There will be more applications in the future, just how we face it. , Just because of it. However, the basic information of the exhibitors this year tried to use XML and Postscript File combined with the concept of Database, with a single input information file (One input) and multiple output (Many output) as the application.
1. Automatic design and smoother production process
The rapid advancement of computer hardware and software shows that the memory capacity and calculation speed have grown tenfold or a hundredfold. For repetitive actions, as long as the program and the amount of change are recorded, the computer can simulate human command creation, such as reciting, adding Shading and changing the base map, as long as there are proofs and action processes, the computer software artificial intelligence can respond to the operation, and there is no need to manually operate it every time. It is fast and labor-saving, and there is no difference in personal technical level. Computers will reach the level of human intelligence in language input and OCR byte recognition. As long as people understand it, they can input, which greatly reduces the burden of input. The sources of image capture equipment from digital cameras and mobile phones to scanners and video recorders are more convenient and diversified. Smart translation will make the exchange of knowledge and information in the global village more frequent and barrier-free, and increase printing and dissemination opportunities. With the development of cross-platform and cross-media file formats such as PDF and XML, it will greatly help the use of communication processes and automatic production. Using scheduling to automate production will surely achieve labor-saving and sometimes unmanned production.
2. Internet applications have changed the way of printing and technology
Due to the improvement of network bandwidth and the advancement of file compression technology, the limitation of file formats has been reduced, and under the faster and more convenient enterprise internal network communication and external Internet applications, the company is currently undertaking small-scale network co-printing. Become far-reaching remote proofing and remote distributed printing. The application of network technology will greatly change the printing market and ecology. In the future, publishing house warehouses will only need a little, and only server publication files and sales mechanisms will be the main ones. Using lock code technology, designated printing units will print and print on demand, or in their own After the customer finishes printing, the file is automatically hidden. At this time, the printing industry will only produce page files and manage the information. Printing and printing are tasks for local use or remote file transfer and small output output. Business personnel don’t need to bring catalogs to run in the world exhibition halls, they only need to print them locally. Users pay the royalties to buy the books, go home to export them or commission them to print and bind them at a specialized store.
3. a single information file diversified output applications
Input sources include keyboard, voice, tablet, digital camera, scanner and computer-created text, graphics (Computer Graphic), video and voice information, which are integrated into high-resolution printing files that can be used for large-size screens. Therefore, in addition to In addition to printed materials and large posters, other web pages and CD electronic media can continue to use these page files, but the details of these electronic files are often not as good as printed media. Therefore, the printing industry must recognize that they are the original creator and manager of page information Only by status can there be greater living space.
4. the change of lithography
Lithography is the most widely used format, and it is in a state of decline. However, due to efficiency, quality and cost, lithography is still the main format for short, medium and long versions in packaging, publishing and commercial printing. CTP is widely used, which is advantageous in terms of cost and engineering. Plate making on DI machine spans pre-press, printing and even processing stages. In the future, under nanotechnology, the single-fluid printing of the general PS plate without water will make the quality and cost of lithography more competitive, and the improvement of printing density and hue will enable simple equipment and technology to apply lithography freely, reaching unprecedented levels. There are quality standards. CIP4 will reduce printing preparation time and print color reproduction more accurately. In terms of packaging and iron sheet printing, there is an ultra-compressed air cushion blanket that can print 1.5mm thick corrugated paper without the need for paper mounting. The set of digital tracking control has been used, and the future water and ink supply automatic detection feedback compensation will enable the quality of the flat printing machine to have a more logical deductive control.
After the digital control servo motor is widely used, the structure and control of the flat printing machine will be more convenient. The servo motor not only replaces the crank and the cam on the printing unit or the single cylinder drive for strain elastic reciprocating action, it is more in line with the speed and printing changes. The machine design, manufacture and use are simpler, and inspection and maintenance are more convenient. If the printing pressure is reduced, the printer structure will be lighter, thinner and shorter. Printing presses will pursue faster job replacement speeds, rather than absolute printing press speeds, unless it is necessary for large rotary presses or commercial rotary presses.
The in-line processing of the flat printing machine will be more important, which can greatly increase the added value of production, including the original glazing, matting, full use of ceramic microcavity rollers for liquid supply, replacing the roller gap and pressure adjustment type, and environmental protection requirements , Coating methods that can be deinked and recycled and paper recycling that can be dissolved and dispersed can meet the standards. Die-cutting processing on a flat printing machine with a thin-plate rolling knife is a very valuable processing. Variable printing processing such as serial number, barcode, and inkjet connection breaks the frame of flat printing fixed printing plate. The chrysanthemum quartet minicomputer still has a strong, small-volume and diverse market value, especially the small size and high-speed plate-making of CTP, and the low price of polyester plate substrates, showing the flexibility of this type of machine.
5. The growth and decline of gravure and flexo
Due to environmental protection requirements, materials such as films or synthetic leathers must be printed with water-based inks. Therefore, it is advantageous to switch to gravure electronic engraving and mature solvent-based inks with relatively flat and shallow ink pockets. Therefore, electronic gravure cylinder imaging, Corrosion pits can respond to printing with water-based inks. Flexo plates are highly adaptable to water-based inks, but printing inks must still be improved to produce good printing quality. In addition, CDI direct printing plate imaging resin plates or laser burn imaging make the flexo plates shorter in engineering and cost reduction. , May gradually replace the intaglio printing position in film and synthetic materials. There is still room for development in the printing of trademarks, forms and fine corrugated paper. For example, banks, credit cards, labor and health insurance notices will all have printed color advertising pages.
