Automated publishing and printing (on)

I. INTRODUCTION With the advancement and application of IT information technology and network technology, the traditional printing production process has recently been subjected to the rigorous test of the entire environment, and the traditional printing workflow has been gradually affected by the production process of digital printing operations, regardless of production. The cost face, the production timeline or the production capacity face all face great challenges. Compared with the traditional printing workflow, the digital printing workflow brings great benefits, not to mention the following points:
1) The time from input to output process production is greatly shortened;
2) short version and a small amount of diverse printing;
3) Consecutive serialization of printing production operations;
4) Satisfy the changing needs of customers (custom printing and on-demand printing);
5) High-quality color print output, etc.
The digitalized automatic publishing and printing process is the future printing production trend and the new printing production revolution. The future printing project will combine digital printing technology and network technology to a new vision of a “fully automated publishing and printing process system”. Will achieve the same printer as the current computer, just need to directly enter the file to be printed, and then processed through a series of automated printing process, and finally output into the finished product, all the production process is simple, convenient and not troublesome, The future automated publishing and printing process will be the same as an automated printer, which can obtain prints at any time, any place, anywhere, and quickly.
In order to improve production efficiency and save process costs, printing houses produced by traditional printing processes have introduced new concepts of industrial (quality) management, and have devoted themselves to the management of existing processes such as improvement of processes, improvement of yields, and reduction of production losses. However, with the impact of digital technology in recent years, these various quality management efforts are no match for the cruel challenge of the new “process change”, especially in the era of this wave-numbered production process, the printing industry must be re-examined. Changes in the overall environment and self-evaluation, and "proper" adjustments made "in a timely manner" to avoid being eliminated by the entire industrial environment. Now on the basis and premise of automating the publication of the new printing process vision, we will discuss what are the requirements for automated publishing and printing processes and the e-generation print communication market, as well as the road to survival and the important investment directions for the future printing and distribution market. :
Second, the introduction of automation printing and printing process digital printing hardware and software imports will inevitably cause a major change in the entire production process, in the entire printing process changes in the process must rely on the integration of software, electromechanical, process and equipment and other important units of integration and coordination Since the operating schedule and life cycle of each component unit are different, how to integrate and use the various components will be a key factor affecting the success or failure of the entire printing process. In addition, if the automated publishing and printing process in the future matures, such as a "printer" for printing and printing, that is, all units of the so-called automated process have all been connected in series, then those printing units that rely on unit operations to survive It will no longer be possible to survive because the sporadic cell printers will be defeated by digital printing (print size gluttonization) and fully automated publishing and printing process operations due to the low unit price and high cost of automated printing and printing processes for digital printing. The advantage of efficiency. With the integration of digital printing technology and information technology and process automation, the market for digital printing will gradually move toward the high-quality page lithography market and the high-volume web rotation printing market to compete for food. Big pie of the big printing market. From this we can see that the prospects and future of the market dominated by digital printing are promising.
Third, the development trend of printing industry The development trend of the entire printing industry must be affected by the following factors, including government policy, industrial environment, new technology development and change, peer and industry competition, production process changes and market (consumer) power, etc. Here are some of the important influencing factors listed below:
(1) New development trends in economy, industry and market:
1. Mergers between enterprises 2. Digitization and networking (2) Marketing and media progress:
1. Decentralization of the market 2. Fierce competition among the media industry (3) Technological development in the media industry:
1. New electronic media 2. Digital printing (4) Trends in the printing industry:
1. The special needs of consumers 2. The competition of time pressure (5) The new strategic development of the printing factory:
1. Providing overall media services 2. Providing services connected to the media industry (to be continued)