China's printing industry is undergoing a digital transformation
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On December 4, 2009, the 12th Beijing International Printing Information Exchange Conference hosted by China Printing and Equipment Industry Association was held in Beijing. From the information exchanged by many printing equipment and equipment manufacturers at the meeting, the digital application of prepress, printing and postpress technology equipment is more and more extensive, and the digital application is expanding from the prepress field to the whole printing process. In this regard, Wang Demao, executive vice president of China Printing and Equipment Industry Association, said at the meeting that China's printing industry is in the process of digitalization of printing technology, and the application of digital workflow in lithographic offset printing is a profound change in the industry.
Digitalization from prepress to printing
Wang Demao said: "On the whole, printing technology is developing in the direction of digitalization. Whether it is the new results of computer direct plate making (CTP) technology released at this conference, or the digital workflow of printing presses, digitalization is reflected. The application trend." He said that the Chinese laser photo-scissing system triggered a printing technology revolution and realized the typesetting digitization, and now the printing technology is being digitized from the typesetting digitization to the printing process.
In fact, digital printing is a digital page provided by traditional xerography using digital typesetting, which realizes the digitization of the whole process of printing. The whole printing process requires no human intervention. Inkjet printing is such a typical digital printing. However, the digitization of printing technology is not only manifested in the emergence of digital printing. Wang Demao believes that CTP removes film and printing plates, which is actually the digitization of prepress plate making. When it is directly plated or automatically printed on the offset printing machine, it does not require direct human intervention, and the printing process is automatically completed under the control of the digital system. Offset printing can also be called digital printing, and other forms of printing such as gravure, embossing, flexo printing, etc. are also becoming digital, and can be digital printing. “Offset printing can be applied to digital workflows, which is a deeper change.” Wang Demao said.
When digitalization develops to a certain extent, the printing machine no longer needs direct human intervention and operation, and no one factory is born. But he also said that digital technology is just an information processing and control technology. The digital itself cannot transform the form of energy output. Finally, it depends on the electromechanical system to work. The digital system dominates and controls the mechanical system to complete the printing process.
UV CTP market share will increase
Compared with the development of offset printing and postpress digitalization, CTP prepress digitalization has a certain foundation in the industry.
In 2009, the sales performance of major domestic CTP plates and equipment manufacturers continued to improve in a challenging economic situation. From January to November this year, the production and sales volume of CTP plates of the second film factory of Lekai Group increased by 73.5% and 64.8%, respectively. As of the end of September this year, Hangzhou Kelei Electromechanical Industry Co., Ltd. in the Greater China market. Thermal CTP and the total installed capacity of the traditional PS plate-making machine (UV CTP) increased by 76% year-on-year, and the company has become one of the three UV CTP suppliers worldwide.
Zhang Huling, CEO of Hangzhou Kelei Electromechanical Industry Co., Ltd. expects that the annual increase of CTP installed capacity in the Greater China market will be 600 to 800 units in 2009, and the UV CTP will show a sudden rise. It is expected that the market share of UV CTP will reach in 2009. 15%; and the CTP professional plate-making center industry group in the region has begun to take shape, and this industry group will adopt UV CTP as the leading technology. At the same time, the sharp decline in the price of thermal plates will certainly promote the marketing of thermal CTP.
Zhang Huling said that in the global financial crisis, more customers pay attention to CTP with high cost performance and low cost of consumables, which will be a great opportunity for the company's business growth.