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With the development of prepress digital technology, the printing industry has been thinking about how to adapt to changes and uncertain factors to enhance its competitiveness. It has become a hot topic at present; however, whether it is digital or automated, it is hoped that it will be printed. The industry has improved from the fundamental quality to achieve a realm of quality and productivity.
The Digital Workflow Workshop is a series of academic seminars jointly organized by the Taiwan Printing Society and the Taiwan Chinese Printing Technology Society. The seminar is co-sponsored by two institutes and is printed and disseminated by the consortium. Sponsored by the Foundation; it can be divided into three main parts: The first part is delivered by General Manager Jin Jinjin of Taiping Technology Co., Ltd., entitled “The Impact of Digital Process on Publishing and Printing Industry”; the second part is Presented by Mr. Zhang Zhongxing, Manager of Taiwan Agfa Jihua Co., Ltd., the topic is: “The latest development trend of automated workflow”; the third part is the lecture by Director Chen Haosheng of Heidelberg International Co., Ltd., Taiwan, entitled: “ Heidelberg CIP4 Total Solution Provider."
The impact of digitalization process on the publishing industry - General Manager Jin Jinjin
First of all, the advent of the era of science and technology has touched on major changes in the manufacturing process of various industries. Of course, the cultural publishing industry is no exception. In the past, the traditional publication production process has been rapidly eliminated and replaced by high-tech production processes.
The evolution of pre-press digitalization has matured to this day. In response to this major change, for the printing industry, only the improvement and digitization of the process can improve production efficiency and save time. The following instructions:
When it comes to the digital printing process, we must first talk about the digital development of the text, which is also a very important part of the process digitalization; from the earliest text layout, to the DTP desktop typesetting, and later The completion of the digital version and the support of the format have caused the environmental changes in the printing industry to change rapidly in recent years.
The impact of digitalization of cultural publishing on prepress, printing and postpress processing:
The work of the plate-making factory actually plays a very important role in the printing process. One of the main points of the digitalization of the printing workflow is that we can shorten the short workflow and compare the traditional workflow with the computerized workflow. We can Clearly discovering the simplification of the workflow, that is, because of the cumbersome process of the traditional process, we can experience the need to simplify the workflow from the digitalization of the computer, and thus more accurately grasp the quality of our printing. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce the concept of a virtual plate making factory. In this process, the virtual plate making factory plays a very important role. It can transfer many jobs originally belonging to the plate making factory to the cultural publishing house, and it can be set with data. Library servo management system, this database servo management system has a database self-management system that can process electronic files from the cultural publishing house, the magazine's American editorial version, the manuscript color separation processing file and the self-recovery four-color restoration. The file, after processing the digital file to generate a PDF file, and then complete the large version, remote digital proofing according to the need, after the file proofreading is correct, can be transmitted to the matching printing manufacturer through the E1 line to generate the outlet, and then print; The key point mentioned here is Digital The concept of Proof (digital proofing), another advantage of digital computerization is the material saving. We can use the digital sample method to make the plate making work after the file is confirmed. It is not necessary to use the traditional workflow. The negative film is output, and the confirmation action can be performed after proofing. After three years of testing, this workflow has been quite successful at the moment, saving manpower and controlling print quality. Technological advancement, and the repeated evolution of application software is one of the main reasons for today's digitalization process; today we can use software tools to store files in PDF file format to facilitate the circulation of files between publishers and plate-making factories; It is used as a digital proofing or after the file is confirmed by the printing factory to directly produce the PS version, which has greatly shortened the cumbersome process in the traditional printing process. As for the PDF file format, under the strong promotion of Adobe, it has been able to The development under the Chinese environment is quite complete. This has led to a smoother digital workflow.
What is a virtual plate making factory:
It is defined as the implementation of the original version of the large version, proofing and other work in the magazine, publishing, advertising, newspaper or book company; assist in the completion of the proof of the area. The virtual plate making factory usually uses ROOM [RIP Once Output Many] SYSTEM, and can guarantee that the proof data is exactly the same as the output film or PS version. Compared with the traditional proofing, the virtual plate making factory adopts the digital proofing method for the completion of the proof, and can be confirmed by the sample book according to the layout requirements. Thanks to the ICC color calibration system, the color is guaranteed to match the original. The archive format is usually in PDF format for easy circulation. After the file is confirmed, the E1 high-speed data transmission connection is used to directly output the PS version or negative film to the printer.
Due to the development of Internet technology, the current ADSL-style network is very convenient to upload and download, and the price is relatively cheap. In addition, today's files can be compressed very small, so the files can be transmitted through the network. After confirmation, directly connect to the printing house to output PS version or negative film. From such a workflow, we can gradually get rid of the stage of the traditional plate making factory and reach the digital workflow of the virtual plate making factory.
Comparison of advantages and disadvantages:
advantage:
1. The process can be fully controlled
2. Reduce the error rate, reduce the chance of re-spinning, and reduce the production cost
3. Shorten the working time, the editorial publication can see the results immediately, without waiting for the working time of the previous plate making factory
4. Strive for time-sensitive publication content to enhance competitiveness
5. The work order is purified, which can completely avoid the troubles of many previous plate making factories.
6. The publication is 100% computerized, and it will be possible to make e-books or access the Internet in the future.
7. Set up a database to set up a publication to set up a news bank with unlimited business opportunities.
8. Reprinting is easy. After fully computerized, you only need to re-send the re-edited publication to re-release the reprint.
9. Data can be supported horizontally with unlimited space
Disadvantages:
1. Need to provide the venue (about 3 square meters) to install related equipment
2. American editors need to receive training and coaching for new functions
The virtual plate making factory can almost replace all the functional work that the traditional plate making factory can do. The only biggest difference is that the virtual plate making factory does not need to output the negative film. The part of the output negative film is sent to the output of the printing factory after the file is determined. . The market for future development is in the mainland market, so if we can establish such a workflow as soon as possible, we can save a lot of complicated processes, save time and manpower, and increase the competitive advantage of enterprises.
Manager Zhang Zhongxing gave a lecture titled: “The latest development trend of automated workflows”. The current trend in the printing industry is a small number of different printing needs, and the number of printed materials is also decreasing. These are inevitable situations. For example, a company's printed product catalog must be distributed before the new product is produced, otherwise it will waste material, so many companies gradually choose to display the company catalog on the website, even It is available for customers to download, and for this reason, the number of printed materials is decreasing. But on the other hand, it is necessary to think that traditional prints have room for growth. For example, EBay, the world's largest online shopping site, last year chose to print a catalogue for sale, but found it very Unexpected effect, the business volume has a significant improvement effect, the main reason should be the demand for diversification and timeliness of the printing market demand; from the development trend of foreign countries, the added value of the plate making factory does have a smaller and smaller trend. In the past, the position of the plate-making factory was at the stage of foundry. The manufacturer’s electronic file output four-color film to earn meager profits. Such a plate-making factory has disappeared abroad, and it is believed that it should disappear in Taiwan in the future. The plate-making factory should It will slowly evolve to help customers make file modification files to increase the added value of the plate making factory. Therefore, how to enable enterprises to enhance added value, including: automation of production processes, business models, projects that want to help customers, etc., to increase the company's competitiveness, is an urgent task.
In terms of automation: currently means the automation of the equipment and the information management part of the process; whether it is printing equipment: no human operation, automatic wiring automation; or process management information, such as: PDF file format standards and architecture The perfect, automatic version or trapping, remote proofing automatic control part and CIP4... have been developed more and more perfect. In the past, the process of the release process, after the completion of the single-page file, the use of the software to complete the version of the work, and the release of the RIP after the release of the negative. After the evolution to the current one-page electronic file RIP into the image, and then the back-end page to send back to the processing, when the concept of electronic work voucher appears, the so-called version of the way, whether it is riding nails or paperback, can It is decided to be different from the previous method before outputting the negative film or the printing plate. In the past, the practice of continuous drying was to print the molds at the front end. The current method of drying the sun was decided at the moment before the output. In the past, the entire layout had to be arranged in order to output, so digitalized The workflow saves the staff a considerable amount of time. Such a fast, simplistic workflow is quite needed for the publishing industry to capture information timeliness.
The benefits of automated workflows:
At present, some people still question such a mode of operation, and if it is wrong, it will not be easy to detect. As far as the automated PDF process is concerned, as long as the publisher submits the file to the plate-making factory, it can go all the way to the output of the film or plate. In the early days, such an archival inspection method still had to rely on manual inspection, that is, the manual inspection of the PDF version of the PDF was a passive inspection method. At present, it can be made for the user to set some Parameters, once the software has set the parameters, it will be changed from the passive manual inspection mode to the automatic inspection mode in the place where the error is easy. If your customers also use Adobe's processes, electronic subpoena processes, and comply with Adobe's process specifications, the current system can also read customer data without having to re-establish one. Nowadays, the automation process can provide the information of the working status of each workstation to the management system, so as to more accurately control the internal production process and delivery time of the company, and even the related costs within the company; thus, it can truly become the so-called production management. database. However, at present, the general printing industry in Taiwan does not have the concept of managing the database, which will be the biggest obstacle to the inability to consistently digitize the digital process in the future.
I will mention digital proofing. At present, there are still people who question the quality of digital samples. Therefore, there is still no way for companies to accept digital proofing, but the growth rate and market share of digital proofing are the highest. It can be seen that digital proofing has become the future. The inevitable trend, there are many ways to digital proofing, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. However, the digital proofing formed after the file RIP is more accurate. The new development of digital proofing can see some trends from some foreign exhibitions, not only have high resolution, stable quality and even the ability to simulate outlets.
Another system can provide production process information to the business and customer service personnel through the network and various interfaces, so that relevant personnel can grasp the first-hand information, improve the barriers to communication with customers, reduce the error rate and provide more professional services. To facilitate the smooth flow of customer service network and complete customer relationship management.
Director of the Heidelberg International Co., Ltd., Taiwan, Mr. Chen Yusheng, the topic is: "The provider of the overall solution of Heidelberg CIP4"
The most important part of CIP4 is still the pre-press part, because the front end is not made to be relatively good, which will make it difficult for subsequent printing and binding.
The so-called CIP4 is currently to ensure the integration of printing quality and production process information, Heidelberg has developed a lot of related equipment with CIP4, but whether it is CIP3 or CIP4 is the future trend of automation of future production processes. In the future, manufacturers investing in equipment, must pay attention to the choice of forward-looking equipment and pay attention to CIP3 or CIP4 links. First of all, Heidelberg's CP2000 is the soul of Heidelberg's control printing press. It is also a system developed for consistent operation. It uses a network connection, a part containing a color controller and a quality control instrument, and is easy to operate. In the development of the binding digital process, Heidelberg develops fully automatic saddle stitches: its special features include the width of each side of the left and right, the world and the three sides of the knife, as well as the time of the lower knife and the lower nail, which can be transmitted through TIP3. Go to the work machine of the saddle stitch, but basically still have to return to the prepress to explore the pre-press maturity. If the information is given correctly, basically this part of the machine only needs to be manually adjusted in the lower nail head. The entire machine will start pressing production as soon as the relevant information is confirmed. All the information includes saddle stitches, parts of the book pages, the front page, and the three-way repair... all can be adjusted, even the number of bundles can be adjusted automatically. The principle of the paper folding machine: When the paper passes the book, the file will flow along the first knife, and the adjustment including the folding will be generated according to the data; therefore, through this automatic system, as long as the work order is followed Data adjustments make it easy to get the job done. In this MIS system, more specific records include the financial part, such as the purchase, purchase price and even the inventory in the factory; that is, the information on the business and valuation is included. This MIS system is a feedback; its biggest advantage: the management side can monitor the production side through this architecture. In addition to the management part, another feature is the part of the layout, which can connect the printing group to the production equipment, including the origami and binding parts, for consistent production monitoring, and feedback the production information to the management side; Heidelberg is consistent in CIP4. From September 19th to 21st, 2002, Heidelberg held a CIP4 process demonstration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which included the CPT workflow, the machine display of the eight-color machine and the latest HT400 saddle stitching machine. There are related seminars.