Using color management and remote proofing towards the era of long-distance printing (3)

CTP plate highlights

Violet laser CTP plate and chemical-free flushing thermal CTP plate will be one of the important points of view at this all-India exhibition. In drupa 2004, many suppliers have demonstrated their chemical-free thermal CTP plates, such as Agfa, Kodak Polystar, and Presstek, etc. It is believed that these multinational companies will not easily lose such a display to Chinese customers. Product opportunities.

For the majority of CTP users, both the violet laser CTP plate and the chemical plate free of chemical flushing are technically mature. The performance of the violet laser CTP plate is closer to that of the traditional PS plate, which is highlighted by its high photosensitivity, high imaging resolution, and low operating costs. In addition, violet lasers also have advantages that other lasers do not have. Therefore, more and more CTP media suppliers are involved in this field, such as Agfa, Fujifilm, and Henan Second Glue. This may be viewed by newspaper printing companies.

The thermal CTP plate can realize the bright room operation, and can improve the printing resistance through the baking plate. This is very important for the high-end commercial printing enterprises, especially the handling of the thermal CTP plate is a hot spot in the industry. Such as Agfa's chemical-free thermal CTP plate: Azura, can be used on any thermal CTP equipment, cleaning after exposure can save the trouble of post-processing procedures. Fujifilm's Brillia HD PRO-T process-free thermal CTP plate is a non-ablative CTP plate that is compatible with many thermal CTP devices. Kodak's Thermal Direct completely process-free plate is developed for small and medium-sized commercial printing companies, with high imaging resolution and high imaging accuracy. These new materials will also be unveiled at this all-in-one exhibition.

CTcP Bo

In the China CTP sales list in 2005, CTcP leapt to the 5th position from the 13th place in 2004 and became the main force in the Chinese CTP market. In today's global CTP market, CTcP is the only CTP technology that has gained market recognition and can continue to use the traditional PS version. Efficient and stable equipment operation, simple and open system operation and maintenance, as well as low cost of consumables and operating costs, have made this technology consistently attracting the attention and favor of print users worldwide. In this exhibition, Wirt Image Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. will also present the latest CTcP high-end packaging and commercial solutions. When the Artworks series of high-end processes and CTcP are combined, it will bring “civilian” to the audience. It's a great experience to spend like aristocrats."

Digital workflow worth the wait

In the current fierce competition among printing companies, the reason why companies introduce CTP is to ensure their own advantages in the competition. The introduction of CTP has indeed accelerated the speed of plate making, increased productivity, reduced the work of plate making, and reduced information. Losses in the process of transmission increase the quality of printed products. What is more important is to promote the development and improvement of the prepress digital workflow. At present, digital workflow software also serves as the central nervous system for prepress and printing operations to support the entire graphic arts system. The current digital workflow is no longer a simple image processing, page production, layout and CTP output, but is moving in the direction of CIP4 to achieve digitalization and automation of the entire printing process before printing, printing and printing. .

At drupa 2004, the most talked-about technology was the JDF technology that involved printing the entire industry. JDF played an important role in the digital workflow. It was applied to all printing including e-commerce and information management systems in the printing industry. In the field, it has become one of the core contents of the CIP4 standard and is under the control of the CIP4 organization. JDF is written in XML language. XML language is a language for data exchange on the Internet. It has the advantages of "can use Web browser to confirm data" and "easy to generate data", so JDF can be compatible with computer hardware communication platform and the Internet. , thus providing the possibility for the emergence of "network printing factory". From drupa 2004 to this full-print exhibition, the development of digital workflow software has made great progress in just two years. It can be foreseen that the digitized workflow software will also be a major aspect of the prepress field at this All In Print show.

At present, almost all CTP equipment suppliers have proposed their own prepress workflow solutions. For example, at the just-concluded IPEX 2006, Agfa launched the latest version of Apogee X3.0 workflow management software. The ApogeeX3.0 design is multi-module, has superior connectivity, allows cross-connection of the work platform, ApogeeX3.0 also allows users to connect the original operating system (such as CTP equipment and imagesetter, proofer and file proofreading Software, regardless of whether these devices and software are Agfa's or other companies, thereby extending the compatibility of process software. Fujifilm also demonstrated its Print Engine technology based on JDF and Adobe PDF at IPEX 2006. Apart from the fact that the selection medium requires human control, everything else will be automated, which means inspection, implementation, and capture. Prepress functionality will be fully automated.

Heidelberg's Prinect Prinect workflow can meet the requirements of markets such as commercial printing, industrial printing and packaging printing. In addition, the screen company will also exhibit the “Wisdom World” and “Wisdom 3” workflows at the All In Print Exhibition.

Among the domestic prepress digital workflow providers, the most prominent Founder company, the "Front Flow Printing Process before Founder" and the world's fastest, highest precision Fuji laser direct plate system perfect combination Makes Founder Electronics Publishing increase its bargaining power in the market competition.





Source: "Printing News"