Digital Proofing in the CTP Wave (Part Two)

Unmatched Speed ​​Time is life, which is the law of the ages. With the rapid development of the color printing industry, the increase in orders, the reduction in the number of prints per order, the shortened printing time, and the ability to increase the speed of proofing have become the “commanding heights” for printing companies to compete for market control. The HP DesignJet 5000 came right in front of us. It takes at least one and a half days for professional and traditional proofing, and a digital proof can be obtained in 5000 digital proofing in half an hour. The HP DesignJet 5000 can output 7 square meters per hour at the highest quality, if the pattern can be achieved. 50 square meters. Rely on HP's advanced JetExPress technology, let us enjoy the feeling of flying.

Excellent image quality Quality issues are commonplace, but they are still of the greatest concern to users. The proof rate of the output center is fast. Is quality not keeping up? This is also an issue that is considered by the output center and the printing factory. In order to have both the fish and the bear, the HP DesignJet 5000 is equipped with a temperature and humidity sensor. When the temperature and humidity change, the HP DesignJet 5000 can automatically adjust. In addition, the human factor has always been a difficult problem that cannot be solved. As the saying goes, the military will use the digital technology to block the water from the Tu Tun. HP DesignJet 5000 adopts digital technology. Once the proofing and coloring files (ICC files) are determined, the proof color of each image is determined. That is to say, it has nothing to do with the level of the operator, so that this problem can be easily solved. In addition, the HP Designjet 5000 itself uses a closed-loop color calibration system to ensure that the same proof is output multiple times and the quality of the proofing is unchanged.

Low cost

The speed and quality were solved, and the cost issue was put on the agenda. The cost is a very real problem, and it is also the focus of customers and manufacturers. We hope that the cost will be as low as possible. What did the HP DesignJet 5000 do for us? The HP DesignJet 5000's up-front investment cost is just over 100,000 yuan (computers, large-format printers and related software). On the site, 5000 can work in the general office environment, thereby avoiding the large investment in the plant; digital proofing is Now proofing, after the film, so once the effect of proofing can not meet customer requirements, just proofing again without the need to repeat the film repeatedly, avoid unnecessary waste and reduce costs. Even more exciting to users, the HP DesignJet 5000 offers a completely interchangeable ink system that allows a single printer to support both indoor and outdoor ink at the same time. This is not what any brand of large format inkjet printer can do.
In addition, the hp designjet 5000 series features a production-grade print speed of 52.86 square meters per hour, a super large width of 152 centimeters, and a beautiful photo-like print quality. In addition, the hp designjet 5000 series features an hp jetdirect network print server that is four times faster than ever before. The data transmission is completed faster. These superior performances have already been talked about by the industry, and its humanity and intelligence have brought unexpected returns, which has benefited us greatly.
Hp designjet 5000 can print on a variety of media, such as coated paper, glossy paper, backlit paper, opaque paper, vinyl paper, canvas, poster printing paper, and other commonly used media, and HP's media complementation program has created more for us. Freedom, the flexibility to use materials such as silk, cotton and metal membranes allows us to create distinctive and imaginative designs in order to win more business opportunities.
Not only that it is also compatible with other brands of media, any Hewlett-Packard print quality certified media, Hewlett-Packard will put the print color profile of this print media on the website (Design/JET online) open to HP large format printer users We can download the print color profile of this media to the HP large format printer for the best output, so that we have more choices based on the capital, cost and required quality of each business. To select different brands of print media, instead of using Epson printers as before, due to the incompatibility of devices, it is necessary to use Epson's standard print media, which will lead to unnecessary waste of cost when doing low-profit business.
HP DesignJet 5000 digital proofing products break through the bottleneck in the actual application of digital proofing in print quality and speed. Hewlett-Packard's HP DesignJet 5000 large format printer series has become the most typical product in the current large format printer market, achieving speed. Organic unity with quality. It can be said that the introduction of the HP DesignJet 5000 brings a sharp weapon to future proofing efforts at the output center or printing house. By understanding HP DesignJet 5000 products, we can understand why China's digital proofing can make great progress in six years.

Good tomorrow comes from digital proofing of progress

At present, "HP Digital Proofing System" has been applied in production. The promotion and practice of digital technology in various industries in the country will certainly trigger an unavoidable revolution. This reform has promoted the operating efficiency of enterprises, raised the scientific and technological content of products, reduced the production costs of enterprises, and provided a new way of thinking for enterprises to achieve intensive profit growth. It has become a new growth point for the national economy and is also essential to people’s way of life. Will have a profound and positive impact.
In foreign countries, digital proofing has become very popular. Most proofs in developed countries such as the United States and Japan are completed by digital proofing, and only a small part of them use traditional proofing in the fight against spot colors. Domestic emphasis on digital proofing is also increasing. Beijing is brewing and setting up a professional digital proofing equipment after-sales service company. Such companies will formulate corresponding solutions for different users of digital proofing, users' different proofing equipment, raw materials and printing equipment, and also open digital proofing operators for users. Pre-job training. Through a series of services, the pre-press and post-press links are closer, helping companies to export high-quality products and win more customers.

Restore CTP from Digital Proofing

From the development of digital proofing in China, we can see the development prospects of CTP in China. The CTP wave is surging. From the end of 1990-1996, there were more than 300 patent articles published. In 1996, 55.3% of the 100 largest printing companies in the United States used CTP systems, and 28.8% used color short-run digital printing systems.
Since 1985, most newspapers and printing factories in mainland China have adopted laser photocopying and offset printing. The next step of technological transformation of these financially powerful newspapers and printing houses is direct plate making, color newspapers, and high-end color printing and packaging printing. Requires scanning of the web to be expanded to the side (740*510), and the printability of the media is from 300,000 to 500,000 impressions. For printing, CTP saves manpower, improves quality, and reduces environmental pollution. And refine the optimized process, easy to set up a high degree of automation of the continuous production line. CTP system and technology have been taken as a development direction of China's printing industry and have been included in the national "Ninth Five-Year Plan" key scientific and technological projects. It is a typical high-tech, high-growth, high-return technology-intensive industry. We have reason to believe that in the near future, CTP technology will spread throughout our country, contributing to the full-speed development of our country's economy.