The first is Kodak's thermal CTP. Kodak's platesetter heats up to 300 sheets per second, which is not easy. The reason why it can do this, it uses a special sensitivity thermal plate, probably at 70 millijoules, much higher than the traditional. There are also two sets of lasers whose total power can reach 45 watts, which is much higher than many current thermal laser heads. This is why it can reach such a high speed.
Today mainly talk about inkjet technology and its development trend.
I. The technical aspects of drupa in 2008.
Second, the characteristics of inkjet imaging technology.
Third, the development of inkjet imaging technology.
Fourth, application areas and development trends.
When we talk about drupa, we still want to show everyone from a big perspective. You must know the direction of the industry's technological development. If you don't know this, if you look at it, you have everything. Just like He Yong told you just now, their folding technology is very fancy. When they went to their booth to look at the folding machine, they were basically dazzled and very professional.
Let us show you the overall technological development trend of the printing industry. To use our country too much is to say goodbye to lead and fire, to go through light and electricity, and to 0 and 1. That is to walk through the analog era, but also through the analog + digital era, is moving toward the digital age.
What does CIP/CIM stand for?
The CIM or CIP we talk about is the application of computer integrated manufacturing technology in the printing field. Among the several vendors mentioned today, digital workflows are mentioned without exception. In fact, digital workflow is just one of the contents of computer production. Secondly, we can see the automation of printing equipment, including the equipment after printing, an emphasis on automation, and an emphasis on digital. To realize the integrated production of computers, no automation of the printing press is impossible. Secondly, we can also see the integration of various information systems. We have exhibited this to everyone in Gao Bao and Heidelberg [Topics, Products, Encyclopedia] [Topics, Products, Encyclopedia]. The integration of this information system has exceeded our imagination. It has actually put the control information of the printing production level and the management information of the printing production design, and the enterprise resource information and business information that we have involved. We talk about three levels. The integration of information into a whole, this is also very worth seeing. It may be that different manufacturers provide different products. They are all very much the same and they are all working in this direction. The fourth thing worth seeing is the integration of production management. This is what we are talking about is the concept of CIP3 and CIP4, are to develop in this area.
There is also a CTP. In the CTP, I mainly want to tell you about a technical basis for on-demand printing, which is digital printing.
There are many digital prints, but two are the main ones. One is toner-based imaging systems and technologies, and there are inkjet-based imaging systems and technologies. So all the content I'm talking about today is digital printing technology based on inkjet imaging. This development in the future may be beyond our expectation and it is a great development. Why do you want to take this question? Looking at the previous exhibitions of the CTP drupa, I can see that I have given examples of the last four exhibitions.
From the disappearance of CEPS technology from the 1970s to the end of the 1990s, to the disappearance of CTF technology in the 1980s, the disappearance of this technology today, and the booming of the CTP in the early 1990s, as well as the development of CIM computer integration technology. The key to the development of these technologies. For example, drupa 95, even though it was not called CTP drupa, but from about Drupan 95, the CTP moved from the laboratory to industrial applications. Everybody attributes it to this first year.
Finally, we show you the application field and its development trend.
In the field of ink jet application, the following can be mentioned. In fact, to sum up, the field of printing is omnipresent. In the non-printing field, it is constantly developing its own imaging. There are probably a few typical ones.
1. Large format color printing. This was originally done with screen printing or even large-format offset printing. Basically, these things are not applicable in this area. All with large format color inkjets. Into a monopoly form.
2. The mainstream of home/office digital color output terminals. There are two options for this terminal, one is toner, and the other is inkjet. It can be said that inkjet printing is the mainstream method.
3. The mainstream of digital color proofing (including contract proofing). This is basically a monopoly in our country.
4. The main technologies used for high-speed variable digital printing. This is a good performance of the toner, but ink jets will also be a trend.
5. The most important technique for the output of digital color photographs. Silver salt photographic paper is now equipped with a laser scanning device for flushing. However, after the development, digital inkjet will probably become the most mainstream device. Now many manufacturers, such as Epson. Hewlett-Packard is desperately competing in this area because the market will undergo radical changes in the future. In the future, everyone hopes to occupy a place in this market.
6. Textile printing. This field has long been used and there should be great development in the future.
7. Other areas that we have already thought about and have not yet thought about, maybe inkjet will work.
Summarized above, how important is inkjet technology? So far, we have been using inkjet technology as a special printing method, and may develop in the future. By the turn of this century, it may become the basic printing method, and it will play its greatest role in printing and printing related fields.
Therefore, the inkjet technology, including the computer-integrated production technology I mentioned earlier, is the biggest aspect of Drupa this time. You may see different vendors show different devices.
Today mainly talk about inkjet technology and its development trend.
I. The technical aspects of drupa in 2008.
Second, the characteristics of inkjet imaging technology.
Third, the development of inkjet imaging technology.
Fourth, application areas and development trends.
When we talk about drupa, we still want to show everyone from a big perspective. You must know the direction of the industry's technological development. If you don't know this, if you look at it, you have everything. Just like He Yong told you just now, their folding technology is very fancy. When they went to their booth to look at the folding machine, they were basically dazzled and very professional.
Let us show you the overall technological development trend of the printing industry. To use our country too much is to say goodbye to lead and fire, to go through light and electricity, and to 0 and 1. That is to walk through the analog era, but also through the analog + digital era, is moving toward the digital age.
What does CIP/CIM stand for?
The CIM or CIP we talk about is the application of computer integrated manufacturing technology in the printing field. Among the several vendors mentioned today, digital workflows are mentioned without exception. In fact, digital workflow is just one of the contents of computer production. Secondly, we can see the automation of printing equipment, including the equipment after printing, an emphasis on automation, and an emphasis on digital. To realize the integrated production of computers, no automation of the printing press is impossible. Secondly, we can also see the integration of various information systems. We have exhibited this to everyone in Gao Bao and Heidelberg [Topics, Products, Encyclopedia] [Topics, Products, Encyclopedia]. The integration of this information system has exceeded our imagination. It has actually put the control information of the printing production level and the management information of the printing production design, and the enterprise resource information and business information that we have involved. We talk about three levels. The integration of information into a whole, this is also very worth seeing. It may be that different manufacturers provide different products. They are all very much the same and they are all working in this direction. The fourth thing worth seeing is the integration of production management. This is what we are talking about is the concept of CIP3 and CIP4, are to develop in this area.
There is also a CTP. In the CTP, I mainly want to tell you about a technical basis for on-demand printing, which is digital printing.
There are many digital prints, but two are the main ones. One is toner-based imaging systems and technologies, and there are inkjet-based imaging systems and technologies. So all the content I'm talking about today is digital printing technology based on inkjet imaging. This development in the future may be beyond our expectation and it is a great development. Why do you want to take this question? Looking at the previous exhibitions of the CTP drupa, I can see that I have given examples of the last four exhibitions.
From the disappearance of CEPS technology from the 1970s to the end of the 1990s, to the disappearance of CTF technology in the 1980s, the disappearance of this technology today, and the booming of the CTP in the early 1990s, as well as the development of CIM computer integration technology. The key to the development of these technologies. For example, drupa 95, even though it was not called CTP drupa, but from about Drupan 95, the CTP moved from the laboratory to industrial applications. Everybody attributes it to this first year.
Finally, we show you the application field and its development trend.
In the field of ink jet application, the following can be mentioned. In fact, to sum up, the field of printing is omnipresent. In the non-printing field, it is constantly developing its own imaging. There are probably a few typical ones.
1. Large format color printing. This was originally done with screen printing or even large-format offset printing. Basically, these things are not applicable in this area. All with large format color inkjets. Into a monopoly form.
2. The mainstream of home/office digital color output terminals. There are two options for this terminal, one is toner, and the other is inkjet. It can be said that inkjet printing is the mainstream method.
3. The mainstream of digital color proofing (including contract proofing). This is basically a monopoly in our country.
4. The main technologies used for high-speed variable digital printing. This is a good performance of the toner, but ink jets will also be a trend.
5. The most important technique for the output of digital color photographs. Silver salt photographic paper is now equipped with a laser scanning device for flushing. However, after the development, digital inkjet will probably become the most mainstream device. Now many manufacturers, such as Epson. Hewlett-Packard is desperately competing in this area because the market will undergo radical changes in the future. In the future, everyone hopes to occupy a place in this market.
6. Textile printing. This field has long been used and there should be great development in the future.
7. Other areas that we have already thought about and have not yet thought about, maybe inkjet will work.
Summarized above, how important is inkjet technology? So far, we have been using inkjet technology as a special printing method, and may develop in the future. By the turn of this century, it may become the basic printing method, and it will play its greatest role in printing and printing related fields.
Therefore, the inkjet technology, including the computer-integrated production technology I mentioned earlier, is the biggest aspect of Drupa this time. You may see different vendors show different devices.