In Europe, only less big enterprise, the output value of marketing has accounted for 80%, and the rest to 60-by a large number of small enterprise points, the merger of business activities in papermaking, printing ink, plate manufacturer aspects is very obvious. Cost and cycle time reduction, these a few years in the printing, packaging industry continue to move on. Each company to reduce cost and improve the different degree to market the speed of investment. New technology, automation, digital work flow though their play a role, but the entire industry to fully application, technical progress results, the user and suppliers, at present still exist between the work habits and procedures behind various, present big business and not the actual burden career planning.
According to the progress of the automation and introducing digital workflow, printing industry has changed for most people can meet the requirements of the mature environment. So, in the industry will gradually reduce the number of workers. On the other hand, leaving people with the factors to reduce average, handicraft industry have mastered the skills, and has the advanced higher educational background.
Digital printing
The current ratio of the digital market share in 2005 and is forecasted to smaller market share will double. The current digital printing more than half in big business is light printing or desktop printing and so on printing industry of the place finish. In printing field, digital printing involves using electronic ink jet or way of digital camera directly proofing (DDCP), variable imaging, short edition printing use of digital imaging printing machines (DI printing), etc. Digital printing from digital the working process of the conclusion to see, general suitable for on-demand printing and short live edition printing.
Digital printing to 250 copies of the following variable printing and 1000 copies of the direct imaging printing, the unit cost is higher, but compared with the traditional offset printing, profit and loss is not big. Even so, the value of digital printing is not the production cost, but that of the services they provide. Digital printing system has been opened up new business opportunities, will the traditional logistics management changes the roots. The move because reduce inventory cost and will never fill have published books published on the books directory, have obvious influence on the environment. This is creating "imaginary warehouse" concept, eliminating the necessity of rational things warehouse.
Equipment investment is very few, can not early by the traditional printing industry, for sale companies, bookstores, sending companies, copy shop are very attractive.
CTP
DI printing machine and digital is subject to the home of the theory, but for long version of the business, is still alive by CTP printing plate is made by the traditional printing machine, and then start to the situation is quite large. And the past version is rather expensive, but compared to other advantages. One is the film making and does not rely on manual work, on the other hand can according to perfect overprint precision shorten time to prepare before printing. CTP in market, roughly divided into thermal imaging and optical imaging. For recent ultraviolet laser way also concerned about up. At present, in a printing shop CTP consider installing the enterprise also appeared processor.
On-demand printing
On-demand printing is the concept of continuously variable output, do according to digital printers input to the software development of senior drive, was able to produce, data input digital workflow system once, he sent directly to digital printing, printing and engine at will. On-demand printing adapt to any form of digital data and printing information sheet, price list, daily use of equipment, to improve the quality of services, as well as a copy of the other business activities with assistance of the potential strength. So far, its main application fields, so the solution is published books away in real need to know under the condition of the royalty, but any printing observation market reaction to the actual need, corresponding, and can adapt to the connection to complete the order, keep the impressions.
Eliminate the inventory and bookstores return the book, even slightly small batch varieties, the use of digital printing unit cost is high, but can rely on other parts of the savings to offset.
In addition to the years selling 100 copies can be more books, also can make the digital issued books directory.
The same try, such as paper, plastic film, with thick foil for the raw materials according to the needs of packing container, is effective. For use on demand printing labels such as container also can solve the problem. In other areas, by using communication according to the needs of the production chain, treat time of slug by the news intelligence as its main newspapers, can open up far to market, digital printing away from the location of the data center to make produce is ideal. Inside the department publications and enterprise monthly reports annual report by the DTP despite such as download, but still by the benefits of output as needed.