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3. Pioneer of digital workflow - CIP3
In 1995, under the advocacy of Heidelberg, the pre-press, print, and post-press integrated international organization, the CIP3 alliance, was established. At present, the organization has developed 39 companies to participate. It has prepared for the automation, internationalization and standardization of prepress, printing and postpress operations. It can convert the measurement data of the printing area before printing into the ink-ink setting of the printing machine and the parameters such as cutting knife, folding and binding after printing. So far, such systems have been successfully put into practice.
Printing equipment suppliers have each introduced their own digital workflows. Heidelberg's network printing shop digital control system has been improved, Manroland also has its own Pecom system, and Komori's KHS system. The workflows of all these suppliers have been verified on Drupa 2000. For example, Heidelberg has proposed nine solutions. Manroland and Agfa and other members of the Printing City 2000 jointly propose various solutions. It is based on CIP3 and enables digital workflow.
In the final analysis, the ultimate goal of the digital workflow of printing is to enable the printing industry to keep up with the times in today's networked and tomorrow.
Second, digital information management Digital information management that DCM is a relatively new technical service recognized by the international printing industry. Therefore, for most service objects, there are still many doubts about this service. Recent predictions indicate that about 6% of owners in print and related industries are considering adopting DCM to serve customers. From a development point of view, DCM is worth considering for the printing industry, especially for small-scale, commercial fast printers. service method.
1. The objects that DCM adapts With the rapid development of the network, small and medium-sized commercial printing companies are more likely to become the object of providing DCM. Because they are more inclined to adopt multimedia technology, they have already deeply realized that the Internet is a resource that facilitates access to housing and can quickly update products. In addition, small companies can quickly and timely respond to changes in the market to develop new products and provide new services more quickly.
Small-scale commercial printing companies should speed up the establishment of data storage centers to store useful information, including letters, pictures, sounds and videos. Servers that store a large number of data residences can perform high-speed, wide-band data exchanges between users and merchants. The adoption of new technologies further accelerates the development of DCM. All of these are consistent with the needs of the current printing industry. It can reduce the inventories of printing plants, reduce the consumption of outdated print products, can print products that are not specific to a particular market, and change the printed content in a timely manner. Printing companies can only win more and more lasting customers by satisfying customers' various requirements.
2. Benefits for users adopting DCM 1) Significantly reduce the cycle of production and sales information and speed up the feedback of market information;
2) Increased production and sales, so that manufacturers gain more profits;
3) Continuously increase the use of useful information resources;
4) Can share and reuse resources;
5) More convenient international business contacts can be made;
6) increase the adaptability of text and graphics;
7) Provide new sales channels, including Internet, CD-ROM, DVD, etc.
3. What kind of services DCM can provide Generally speaking, for fast small-scale commercial printers, starting a new service from simple to difficult to gradually expand. The same is true for DCM, which can be provided by outside collaborators at the outset and gradually transitioned to completion by internal professionals themselves.
The entire process of DCM begins with the computer archiving of information. The printer only inputs the customer's past and current work charts and text information into the computer, so that the customer can make full use of it during normal working hours (and soon this service will 24 hours a day. Second, the DCM system can provide high-speed transfer of graphics, text information, video, audio and imaging materials. High speed transmission is through WAM! NET, VIO or specialized equipment. This is followed by how the internal staff and customers of the church can make full use of DCM. It includes the use of software such as Cumulous or other data sources, ... dizzy power, and guarantees the availability of up-to-date data downloads. The core task of DCM is to reduce the preparation time of customers, so that they will devote all their energy to their products and markets. Finally, it is to make an index. The index allows customers to clearly know the contents of stored information, the location of storage, the time of establishment, and the time of the most recent use.
4. Creative prepress work Small commercial printing companies rely mostly on external registry information for trauma. The rational use of external registries can increase the amount of information for designers. For a long time, small commercial printers have used this approach to provide creative services to their customers. Because of this, with the continuous improvement of DCM service functions, small commercial printing companies will have unlimited business opportunities.
In the future, DCM will provide services for various printing companies. This service is quite reliable and welcome. The importance of DCM is that it can only serve large companies through residences, and it can also develop more customers for small print companies. (To be continued)