With the climax of Ipex and Graph Expo in the industry this fall, a large number of industry professionals in the image reproduction industry are looking forward to the launch of a series of exciting new products in the near future. In order to further demonstrate the prospects of these new products and to better understand the global pre-press image replication market, this article presents a bit of its own opinion on the current development trend of servers and various RIPs.
Although new products for various performance RIPs and automated workflows were released last year, most users of prepress digital printing are expecting new technologies such as Posscript3 and PDF to be widely used. Although today's prepress operation has basically been computerized. But this does not mean that the prepress area has been fully automated. For example, file opening and closing, page composition (image, text, etc.) checking and Posscript page printing, and other important operations still need to be done manually.
However, the automation technology in the pre-press field needs to meet the requirements of automatic page processing functions and increase the number of color pages, while also meeting the requirements of customers, resulting in a continuous decrease in costs. In pre-press digital printing, the market created by printing with different data will become increasingly prosperous. This will be a very useful and fully automated workflow for establishing an operation that can effectively control the prepress area.
In the prepress system, its process technology, page composition, and related standards such as the ICC color standard. PDF file format. Desktop databases and network technologies are evolving. Although in the solution of some of the above aspects, many manufacturers have already made continuous development, although in the solutions of some of the above aspects, many manufacturers have made unremitting efforts. However, they are constantly integrating new products and new technologies into the prepress system. Technologies such as color management solutions, digital structures, page databases, electronic work folders, and cross-platform RIP in digital printing are used on high-performance front-end devices. The use of these new products and new technologies is conducive to direct computer out of film, direct value version (CTP). The extensive application of such technologies as direct printing and digital printing.
Some powerful prepress system manufacturers, such as Hei-delberg, Scitex and Barco, have used dedicated components on the prepress system they originally developed to achieve integration and a large degree of automation in the prepress area. The process laid the foundation. However, so far, no matter how prepress automation workflow lays the foundation. However, so far, no matter how the prepress system manufacturers have improved on the prepress system, their effective solutions cannot always fully satisfy the needs of the pre-press users. In fact, some prepress system development companies are seeking to develop an "open" solution that fits the special needs of the prepress area.
Among the "open" solutions, the ones that are at the forefront are the OPEN application software for desktop workflow management developed by Imation, but the parameter settings in this application are more suitable for the U.S. market than Europe and Asia. For the market, the setting of its parameters seems to be more difficult.
While other companies such as Shira and Dalim, in the development of the prepress system, they do not follow the flow, but put themselves in a proper position. They apply the advanced workflow server to the front end of CTP or digital gravure products. Output devices, both organically combined to develop a special prepress market.
In the color management system, the ICC2.0 color management standard and Apple's early use of ColorSync color management software provide many color management technologies and tools for automating the prepress process. However, the color management system based on the desktop system is still greatly limited in the formation of prepress color, and the reasons for it are as follows:
First, in the printing industry, the control of print color and rebellion is based on the CMYK model, while the ICC color model is based on the CIELab/LCH or RGB methods.
Second, most popular applications such as QuarkXpress, Illustrator, and Photoshop did not originally support ICC 2.0-based color management software. In the prepress system, the color management software basically provides the color management function with the Xtension and the card. Although, the card method provides more solutions in the application of color management. However, these solutions can only be used in different closed workflows, that is, "openness" is poor.
In the prepress desktop system, OPI (Open Prepress Interface) technology has been adopted in order to solve the deficiencies in the prepress desktop system. OPI technology is to develop the Postscript page printing workflow into a whole technology. Recently, OPI technology has been further improved, and provides a better platform for other workflow tools such as work folders (Agfa Mainsteam), font management, color management (Helios), Postscript preparation and document solutions. Currently, because UNIX and Windows NT platforms are widely used in prepress desktop systems, the production process is more stable and can support workflows in different formats. Such as, Des, Eps, Scitex, dedicated APR and other file formats.
In the RIP field, the Postscript language has become the language of choice for describing images. The development trend of the RIP platform is that the speed of RIP will be doubled and the price will be reduced within half a year or one year. Currently, the quality of various RIPs described in the Postscript language has been very few. Moreover, if the computer used is a computer with Intel Pentium PRO and DEC Alpha as the main board, and the operating platform is the Windows NT platform, the Postscript3 language description can be used. The various RIPs drive high-productivity image processing devices. Despite this, the resolution of digital line printing technology in RIP is a key issue, and most RIP developments such as Heideberg, Harlequin and Adobe have already solved this problem well.
What technologies are missing from the prepress desktop system for systems that require a highly automated prepress workflow with maximum productivity and minimal manual intervention? In fact, there is no shortage of technologies for a single work flow, but for many other applications (such as cataloging, packaging, books, and commercial printing), they all have their own workflow. Even under the same conditions, what a factory needs is not the same. Therefore, the technologies that need to be considered in the prepress workflow are not the same. This makes it difficult to achieve full automation.
The UNIX platform is different from other platforms in that it can provide a program that describes the production process and different application software. Therefore, the UNIX platform can easily solve the above-mentioned problems. This program is also available on Mac, Apple script, and Viaual Basic programs on PCs, and both have used this technology to automate various tasks. In general, prepress operators have been trained in related expertise. In order to meet the needs of various systems, it is very simple to master this technology. However, the choice of the Windows NT platform is generally still available on the server to provide not only all workflow ready capabilities but also absolute reliability for the UNIX platform. And it can also run on different types of hardware configurations.
Several companies (such as Imation Inc. with OPEN Software and Agfa Inc. with PDF-based Apogee Software) have produced effective workflow automation products that can run on the Windows NT platform, which will facilitate prepress systems. The integrated production process advances to the Windows NT platform.
In the near future, we hope to see more automated workflows, as more and more database drive devices and documents or parts of documents will be reused. It is possible that in the near future, we can see the use of database production once Web pages.
Another strong advantage of Web pages is the use of browsers, which can be used as a user interface for image processing and devices, whether local remote or browser. One of the advantages of using Web browsers with Web pages is that the database structure of the images can be selected via the Internet. In addition, OPI technology can also realize this function with the development of data re-retrieval technology with the OPI of the pre-press department's reproduction task or the preparation stage of the task. This method can also be used to implement the Internet and the Intranets network. Reordering of documents. RIP technology using the browser as a user interface has become a new trend. Some color management systems provided by newer versions of applications (such as Photoshop and Illustrator) support ICC 2.0-based color management standards, specifically Microsoft's The combination of Windows 98 and Windows NT 5.0 with the ICC color management standard will make the color more realistic.
Of course, we hope to see more ideal workflows and hope that these workflows will provide the automation and professional performance of the prepress operating system production process. Now that multi-processor servers are available, OPI, imposition, trapping, color management, RIP, and other functions can be integrated on the same computer platform to achieve greater investment with lower investment. effectiveness.
In the prepress system, it is a development trend to provide a lower-priced RIP platform, and this RIP platform can support PCs and MACs. At the same time, it can also support independent "boxes". Postscript3 page description language needs a process, because after introducing many of Postscript2, most applications do not fully utilize the full functionality of Postscript2 page description language.
Followed by various RIP sites will have more systems to generate data. Just like Adobe's architecture and most of the front-end vendors' existing RIP geoarchitectures, there is a tendency to separate the RIP from the imaging device, so that in the simplest output device there will be various types of RIPs and related Workflow management programs are available.
This trend also provides simple integration for CIP3 applications, and also provides data communications throughout the entire printing process from prepress to print control systems.
In Ipex98 will present pre-press field servers and new products of various types of RIP. We hope to see more complete products and more valuable introductions in the near future.
Although new products for various performance RIPs and automated workflows were released last year, most users of prepress digital printing are expecting new technologies such as Posscript3 and PDF to be widely used. Although today's prepress operation has basically been computerized. But this does not mean that the prepress area has been fully automated. For example, file opening and closing, page composition (image, text, etc.) checking and Posscript page printing, and other important operations still need to be done manually.
However, the automation technology in the pre-press field needs to meet the requirements of automatic page processing functions and increase the number of color pages, while also meeting the requirements of customers, resulting in a continuous decrease in costs. In pre-press digital printing, the market created by printing with different data will become increasingly prosperous. This will be a very useful and fully automated workflow for establishing an operation that can effectively control the prepress area.
In the prepress system, its process technology, page composition, and related standards such as the ICC color standard. PDF file format. Desktop databases and network technologies are evolving. Although in the solution of some of the above aspects, many manufacturers have already made continuous development, although in the solutions of some of the above aspects, many manufacturers have made unremitting efforts. However, they are constantly integrating new products and new technologies into the prepress system. Technologies such as color management solutions, digital structures, page databases, electronic work folders, and cross-platform RIP in digital printing are used on high-performance front-end devices. The use of these new products and new technologies is conducive to direct computer out of film, direct value version (CTP). The extensive application of such technologies as direct printing and digital printing.
Some powerful prepress system manufacturers, such as Hei-delberg, Scitex and Barco, have used dedicated components on the prepress system they originally developed to achieve integration and a large degree of automation in the prepress area. The process laid the foundation. However, so far, no matter how prepress automation workflow lays the foundation. However, so far, no matter how the prepress system manufacturers have improved on the prepress system, their effective solutions cannot always fully satisfy the needs of the pre-press users. In fact, some prepress system development companies are seeking to develop an "open" solution that fits the special needs of the prepress area.
Among the "open" solutions, the ones that are at the forefront are the OPEN application software for desktop workflow management developed by Imation, but the parameter settings in this application are more suitable for the U.S. market than Europe and Asia. For the market, the setting of its parameters seems to be more difficult.
While other companies such as Shira and Dalim, in the development of the prepress system, they do not follow the flow, but put themselves in a proper position. They apply the advanced workflow server to the front end of CTP or digital gravure products. Output devices, both organically combined to develop a special prepress market.
In the color management system, the ICC2.0 color management standard and Apple's early use of ColorSync color management software provide many color management technologies and tools for automating the prepress process. However, the color management system based on the desktop system is still greatly limited in the formation of prepress color, and the reasons for it are as follows:
First, in the printing industry, the control of print color and rebellion is based on the CMYK model, while the ICC color model is based on the CIELab/LCH or RGB methods.
Second, most popular applications such as QuarkXpress, Illustrator, and Photoshop did not originally support ICC 2.0-based color management software. In the prepress system, the color management software basically provides the color management function with the Xtension and the card. Although, the card method provides more solutions in the application of color management. However, these solutions can only be used in different closed workflows, that is, "openness" is poor.
In the prepress desktop system, OPI (Open Prepress Interface) technology has been adopted in order to solve the deficiencies in the prepress desktop system. OPI technology is to develop the Postscript page printing workflow into a whole technology. Recently, OPI technology has been further improved, and provides a better platform for other workflow tools such as work folders (Agfa Mainsteam), font management, color management (Helios), Postscript preparation and document solutions. Currently, because UNIX and Windows NT platforms are widely used in prepress desktop systems, the production process is more stable and can support workflows in different formats. Such as, Des, Eps, Scitex, dedicated APR and other file formats.
In the RIP field, the Postscript language has become the language of choice for describing images. The development trend of the RIP platform is that the speed of RIP will be doubled and the price will be reduced within half a year or one year. Currently, the quality of various RIPs described in the Postscript language has been very few. Moreover, if the computer used is a computer with Intel Pentium PRO and DEC Alpha as the main board, and the operating platform is the Windows NT platform, the Postscript3 language description can be used. The various RIPs drive high-productivity image processing devices. Despite this, the resolution of digital line printing technology in RIP is a key issue, and most RIP developments such as Heideberg, Harlequin and Adobe have already solved this problem well.
What technologies are missing from the prepress desktop system for systems that require a highly automated prepress workflow with maximum productivity and minimal manual intervention? In fact, there is no shortage of technologies for a single work flow, but for many other applications (such as cataloging, packaging, books, and commercial printing), they all have their own workflow. Even under the same conditions, what a factory needs is not the same. Therefore, the technologies that need to be considered in the prepress workflow are not the same. This makes it difficult to achieve full automation.
The UNIX platform is different from other platforms in that it can provide a program that describes the production process and different application software. Therefore, the UNIX platform can easily solve the above-mentioned problems. This program is also available on Mac, Apple script, and Viaual Basic programs on PCs, and both have used this technology to automate various tasks. In general, prepress operators have been trained in related expertise. In order to meet the needs of various systems, it is very simple to master this technology. However, the choice of the Windows NT platform is generally still available on the server to provide not only all workflow ready capabilities but also absolute reliability for the UNIX platform. And it can also run on different types of hardware configurations.
Several companies (such as Imation Inc. with OPEN Software and Agfa Inc. with PDF-based Apogee Software) have produced effective workflow automation products that can run on the Windows NT platform, which will facilitate prepress systems. The integrated production process advances to the Windows NT platform.
In the near future, we hope to see more automated workflows, as more and more database drive devices and documents or parts of documents will be reused. It is possible that in the near future, we can see the use of database production once Web pages.
Another strong advantage of Web pages is the use of browsers, which can be used as a user interface for image processing and devices, whether local remote or browser. One of the advantages of using Web browsers with Web pages is that the database structure of the images can be selected via the Internet. In addition, OPI technology can also realize this function with the development of data re-retrieval technology with the OPI of the pre-press department's reproduction task or the preparation stage of the task. This method can also be used to implement the Internet and the Intranets network. Reordering of documents. RIP technology using the browser as a user interface has become a new trend. Some color management systems provided by newer versions of applications (such as Photoshop and Illustrator) support ICC 2.0-based color management standards, specifically Microsoft's The combination of Windows 98 and Windows NT 5.0 with the ICC color management standard will make the color more realistic.
Of course, we hope to see more ideal workflows and hope that these workflows will provide the automation and professional performance of the prepress operating system production process. Now that multi-processor servers are available, OPI, imposition, trapping, color management, RIP, and other functions can be integrated on the same computer platform to achieve greater investment with lower investment. effectiveness.
In the prepress system, it is a development trend to provide a lower-priced RIP platform, and this RIP platform can support PCs and MACs. At the same time, it can also support independent "boxes". Postscript3 page description language needs a process, because after introducing many of Postscript2, most applications do not fully utilize the full functionality of Postscript2 page description language.
Followed by various RIP sites will have more systems to generate data. Just like Adobe's architecture and most of the front-end vendors' existing RIP geoarchitectures, there is a tendency to separate the RIP from the imaging device, so that in the simplest output device there will be various types of RIPs and related Workflow management programs are available.
This trend also provides simple integration for CIP3 applications, and also provides data communications throughout the entire printing process from prepress to print control systems.
In Ipex98 will present pre-press field servers and new products of various types of RIP. We hope to see more complete products and more valuable introductions in the near future.
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