The Past, Present, and Future of Printed Digital Workflows (3)

Today's process concept is becoming increasingly mature. Everyone gradually knows the definition of the process. If you want the printing department's sales department, management department and workshop to be able to manage online, JDF is the only standard, you have to request the ERP system, prepress Software, printer ink control stations, and even paper cutters and origami machines have to support JDF. Otherwise, the departments cannot contact each Other, and the online management of the printing factory can't do much.

If the purpose of the printing plant is to shorten the ink discharge time and different printing masters can achieve the same and stable quality, it is sufficient to use the CIP 3/4 to connect the CTP data to the ink control station; if the purpose of the printing plant is to make the plate The process is smooth, as long as RIP, imposition, digital proofing and CTP output are combined into a set of erroneous and efficient processes that are temporarily modified. Do not need to buy all kinds of functional software, but they are not available.

In fact, each process supplier has its own limitations. No matter whether it is technology or resources, the design process cannot be perfect. Users must consider their own needs before they can avoid people. Each piece of software can be used with other software, because most of the suppliers use standard file formats to communicate with different software, and the system will eventually become obsolete.

Digital workflow development

If you have been to drupa2008 this year, you will find that there is a lot of new software related to the process. There is a provincial ink software that can help you to change the CMY color in the PDF file to K color. This large-volume job saves yellow, magenta, and cyan inks in black, saving money and environmental protection.

There is a software for trapping the packaging box. First, find out the different color blocks in the design draft. Press two keys to complete the various shapes. Different properties such as transparent images can be used to trap the leaks.

There are four-color or multi-color images of the printing plate, which are displayed on a color-tunable screen prior to the CTP version. It is also possible for you to check whether the bar code on the can has the correct retractability so that the printing is not elongated on the arc. .

With preflighted software, check the PDF for problems before RIP.

There is good data for RIP that has helped you to be a plate making machine, and it can be turned into a B version machine to adjust the linearity of the dot gain.

There is a work order management software that helps you to arrange the different software processes and report on the progress of the production so that the construction manager can know which progress is going on without asking the prepress department.

Almost all software that may help the process can be found in the market, and all requirements can find the appropriate process.

When the profitability of the printing industry is getting lower and lower today, in addition to the JDF process system, besides the super big manufacturers, they can replace the new origami and binder machines that support JDF. Generally, the printing companies must be oriented to the goals of digital competition. The necessary functions are incorporated into their own processes.

Most domestic CTP users only specialize in RIP, imposition, and digital proofing. This ensures that the process of CTP's plate making process is smooth, and that CIP3/4 digital ink release has caught up with the digital level of international processes. If you The purpose is simple, and there is no ERP/MIS system to manage the workshop online. Why should the management system not be used also be included in the prepress process?

The future prepress process may be just a black box, because the digital press is printing on PDF/XPS. It may be that ERP/MIS has become the most critical competitive weapon in the printing industry.