Digital Printing High Simulation Technology (I)

One, digital printing high simulation goods sensation in Beijing

In July 2005, Beijing in mid-summer coincided with high temperatures and intense heat. People went to the Beijing Dongzhimenwai Happy Art Center to enjoy the simulation of the Forbidden City jointly organized by Beijing Shenghong Rainbow Plate Printing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shenghong Rainbow) and Beijing Yidingxuan Culture Company. The art exhibition, in the hot summer, feels the coolness brought by classical culture.

St. Rainbow uses advanced digital printing technology to realize the perfect reproduction of classical cultural gems. Many famous paintings are vividly reproduced in terms of size, texture, ink and color, and they make people feel like they are satisfied with the authenticity and pleasure of authentic works. . Mr. Xu Bangda, an expert in the appraisal of cultural relics, praised this batch of works as “very well printed, and it can be very real”.

Then in August at the inaugural "Couric Cup" digital print works grand prix, "The Forbidden City collection of books and paintings simulation" series of St. Rainbow was awarded the grand prize. The judges commented: This series of works is an organic combination of new materials (with coated rice paper and silk enamel) and new technology (digital inkjet technology HCC color management) in ancient calligraphy and painting reproduction, which has brought the simulation replication to a new level. Not only achieve "likeness", that is, the dry and wet shades of ink are displayed properly, the color arrangement corresponds to the matching of traditional Chinese paintings, and the texture of rice paper and silk is the same as the true traces, and it achieves the "likeness in words", maintaining the original charm and reflecting and reflecting the works. Connotation.

Immediately after the third Asian Printing Grand Prix unveiled in Bangkok, Thailand in November, the copy of "The Lotus Pictures of the Palace Museum High-Simulation Paintings" copied by St. Rainbow and the "Sheng Shangyi Oil Painting of the Oil Painting Emulation" were jointly obtained as inkjet digital printing products. Quality Gold Award. The judges commented: The level of digital printing simulation artwork is amazing.

The above series of activities have caused a stir in Beijing artists, collectors, art lovers, publishing and printing circles and news media. Mr. Yang Xin, former deputy dean of the Palace Museum and a famous cultural relics appraiser, believes that the first grade national cultural relics produced by the National Palace Museum are highly regarded by simulation technology and are sold in limited quantities. Therefore, the significance of art appreciation From the point of view of the appreciation of the preservation value of the collection, it is worthwhile to collect the replicas of the artworks of the Forbidden City. Nowadays, the high-level simulations of National Palace Paintings and Calligraphies of the National Palace Museum have attracted the attention of collectors and enthusiasts, and have become favorites.

As an old printing worker engaged in printing and copying for 58 years, I was thrilled to see these works of art with advanced digital printing technology to achieve high simulation reproduction. These artworks have fulfilled the ideals pursued by several generations of printers, enabling people to appreciate the treasures of paintings hidden deep in the Court for hundreds of years. Seeing authentic artworks is not only a great enjoyment of art appreciation, but also an opportunity to analyze the fine prints.

Second, a variety of simulation technology shines

In order to better simulate the reproduction of China's calligraphy and painting gems, several generations of print and copy workers have made arduous efforts to continuously explore, study and practice, adopt different printing processes, and use different printing materials for simulation copying, and in each history There are new developments and enhancements at the stage, which step by step approach the original effect. In fact, modern digital high-simulation replication technology is inherited and developed in China's traditional simulation replication technology. E.g:

1. It was recently discovered in Jinan that the “Jurao” photographic plate that reflects the printing technology level more than 80 years ago was a relatively advanced technology at that time. It is based on a glass plate, coated on the glass plate a sensitized plate made of a sensitized adhesive made of heavy chrome salt and gelatin, and is made into a printing plate by close exposure (stencil printing) with a photographic film. The printing process technology is used for the printing of precious picture paintings and rubbings.

The distinctive features of the Feiluo printing are lifelike vividness, the ability to preserve the country's brush-ink charm, and a certain amount of printing. However, its plate-making technology is very demanding and it mainly relies on manual tracing. If there is no superb craftsmanship, it will be difficult to reproduce with high quality.

2. The woodblock watermark of Beijing Rongbaozhai is a unique traditional printing technology in China. It is a kind of tracing and copying of manuscripts, carving a number of sets of color plates on hardwood boards, overprinting with rice paper and water-soluble paints from version to version, and being able to realistically reproduce the original works. It is still loved by people today. However, due to manual operation, long production cycle, high cost, and difficult process technology, it can only be printed as a few fine prints.

3. With the advancement of technology, the use of offset printing technology to replicate, the advantage is that you can print in batches. For this reason, from the 1950s onwards, our country's printing workers constantly researched and practiced, making the copying of the national treasure paintings reach a high degree of simulation. E.g:

In 11959, Beijing Xinhua Printing Co., Ltd. celebrated the tenth anniversary of the founding of China, and printed a large-scale high-end album “China” as an innovative technology for the plant’s dedication. It used photo-separation and offset printing to print on Xuan paper and printed a妃 图 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,.

The 21201 factory and the Chinese printing company all specially organize scientific and technological personnel to conduct research and production. Xuan paper simulation of Chinese painting using electronic color separation and offset printing technology has produced many paintings of the paintings of the Forbidden City and famous modern painters, which has increased the degree of simulation to a new level. Level.

3 Since the 1950s, the Shanghai Fine Arts Printing Factory has been researching and practicing the limited printing of the offset printing process of Xuan Paper simulation Chinese painting, and has successively produced more than one hundred kinds of masterpieces of “Shanghai Museum Collection Painting” and modern famous painters. Won the international gold medal. They printed on rice paper with a 3001pi high screen that was visually recognizable, maintaining the original charm. In the South, there was a chant of "printing Chinese paintings and going to the art factory."

In the 1980s, the Shenzhen Tianming Fine Arts Printing Company conducted in-depth research and produced a series of products of “Xuan Paper Chinese Painting Simulated Printing”, both from the improvement of process technology and from the degree of simulation. And they applied for a new concept and printed a new method on rice paper to apply for a patent and commercialized it and made a contribution.

5 At the same time, I must mention that the Shenzhen Huaxin plate printing company that has made outstanding achievements in the use of rice paper to simulate Chinese painting has had a high degree of simulation in many of its famous paintings, and it has been highly praised by artists and the printing industry. They make full use of a variety of shades of black and gray to represent the brushwork charm of Chinese paintings, and make full use of the three primary colors and the method of configuring spot colors to expand the color space range and make them correspond to the special colors of Chinese paintings, achieving the simulation of offset printing on rice paper. The new height of the copy.

6 In the field of copying of artificial artworks abroad, the Japanese Black Art Club is best known. The ancient replica of the offset printing technology developed by the company in cooperation with the Taipei Palace Museum reached a very high level and enjoyed a high reputation. Its characteristics: First, a special camera to the scene to shoot high-precision, high-quality, large-size color reversal film; Second, the use of special paper and silk cloth; Third, the use of computer plate, the use of 8-12 color spot color The color printing overprinted the printing plate; the fourth is the use of 3001pi high screen printing, which is consistent with the continuous adjustment feeling of the ink painting; the fifth is the 1:1 copy of the original size, and it is put together with the original to be true and false.

In summary, domestic and foreign printers have made unremitting efforts for the replication of high-simulation artworks. However, due to the limitations of process technology, they are technically difficult, the process is complicated, the production cycle is long, the cost is high, and some are not. The perfect place for further development and research.