Ctp printing works

1. On-demand printing market

POD is the meaning of printing on demand.

"Printon-Demand". Mainly for publications that are frequently revised and need to be updated, such as manuals, documents, and policy brochures, etc., can be easily completed through the system. And it is also particularly suitable for printing publications that incorporate many pictures, such as scientific and technical publications including charts, photos and software, screen displays. When the number of prints is less than 5,000 copies, it is customarily called "short print" to Xerox DocuTech.

The leading digital presses in the United States already accounted for 85% of the jobs previously produced on small presses and copiers. This trend is beginning to shift to color presses.

2. Variable data input printing

In digital printing, the image or text on each page can be continuously changed in one printing. People call it personal printing. This demand cannot be solved in traditional printing.

3. Distribution and printing

Digital printing technology ensures that the reprinted print has the same effect as the first edition, so there is no reason to require that an official document be printed at the same location at the same time. Every company wants to minimize the cost of storage and transportation. For example, a company can create a new product catalog at the headquarters and then send the documents to the local branch offices for local printing.

Second, the advantages of digital printing technology are unrivalled. Compared with traditional printing presses, there are the following advantages:

1, the cycle is short

Digital printing without film, automatic prepress preparation, printing presses directly provide proofing, eliminating the traditional printing plate, without the use of film, simplifying the platemaking process, eliminating the need for plate orientation, ink balance and a series of traditional printing process .

Comparison of digital printing and traditional offset printing process:

2. The unit cost of digital prints has nothing to do with the number of prints. The number of prints is usually 50 to 5000 copies.

3, the quick and flexible digital printing is the traditional printing can not do

Since the plates or photosensitive drums in the digital printing machine can generate images in real time, the files will not cause or cause damage even if they are modified before printing. An electronic plate or drum allows you to change the image or text of each page while printing.

4, easy to connect with customers digital

Print jobs are made into electronic files, and all files are transmitted via high-speed long-distance communication, including the Internet. In this way, customers and printing services are organically linked. This is a phenomenon that has never been seen before.

Again, digital printing has its own drawbacks.

Digital printing has the advantages that other printing cannot match in terms of on-demand printing, variable data printing, and issuance. It solves the problems of quick turnaround time, different print versions, and customization and personalization of content. However, digital printing still encounters many problems. The incomplete maturation of expensive prices and technologies has deterred many printing companies. This is one of the main reasons why promotion has lagged behind CTP. Although digital printing equipment has become a hot topic in recent years, most of them are still in the experimental and trial phase. Even though digital presses that can be put into production have been on the market for a long time, by the end of 2000, there were still no more than 1,500 installations worldwide. However, many experts are optimistic that some of the new digital printing equipment introduced recently will promote the development of digital printing faster.