On September 28, Print Magazine held a symposium on its 50th anniversary.
"Print Magazine" was founded in 1972. Over the past 50 years, "Print Magazine" has maintained the traditional characteristics of introducing new printing technologies at home and abroad and rigorous writing. Over the years, the magazine has grown together with the industry, authors and readers, excavated a group of authors, and provided a platform for a group of young people to exchange technology and display their talents. At the meeting, Print Magazine released the "Ten key technologies that have promoted the development of the printing industry in the past 50 years" and the "50th Anniversary Outstanding authors".
The ten key technologies that have promoted the development of the printing industry in the past 50 years are as follows:
1, computer laser phototypesetting technology. As a revolutionary information technology, it gives printing technology a new momentum of digital change, and is one of the major contributions of human science and technology progress in the 20th century. Computer laser phototypeset technology output dot-matrix font information resolution, high character clarity, high production efficiency, short publishing cycle, flexible layout, complete character library, from the 1980s began to rapidly in the industry has been promoted and applied. This technology has made China's publishing and printing industry from backward type printing into the field of advanced technology, especially the publishing cycle of Chinese characters is greatly shortened, the era of difficult and slow publishing is gone forever, and the printing industry has bid farewell to "lead and fire" and entered the era of "light and electricity".
2, digital printing technology. It is another leap in printing technology, greatly expanding the geographical distribution of printing services, personalized customization needs and mass communication models, and changing the pattern of the printing industry. Digital printing also realizes the innovation of the whole process of the printing process, promotes the change of the printing marketing model, and realizes the true sense of a starting print, no plate making, printing images at a time, which is suitable for today's personalized, short version, fast, variable data and on-demand printing market demand. Compared with traditional printing equipment, digital printing equipment has small investment, small footprint, good operation convenience, high production efficiency and high environmental friendliness, and has been more and more applied in commercial printing, book printing and packaging and decoration printing.
3, computer direct plate making technology (CTP). The technology fully realizes the digitization of pre-press operations, significantly improves the quality of printing plates, enhances the efficiency of printing operations, and achieves a high degree of integration of pre-press, printing and post-press through data processing. Prepress platemaking no longer requires film and related equipment, platemaking time is greatly shortened, with quality, environmental protection and cost advantages. Computer direct plate-making dot has high quality, little change of dot, and can record FM dot well. The reproduction of highlight and dark points is good, and the range of level tones is large. There is no dust, film edge printing problems; Plate overprinting accuracy is good. This technology saves the film and its related process equipment, and greatly reduces the printing and plate making time. It saves the cost of film and its development and processing, reduces the amount of waste paper, ink and plate wetting liquid, and realizes the data exchange and format unification from pre-press to printing control system.
4, multi-color printing technology. It allows color printing to change from multiple printing to one printing completion, from C, M, Y, K four-color printing to expand to a wide color gamut high-fidelity printing, color printing quality continues to improve, printing costs continue to reduce, so that color printing has become a daily item in people's lives. Multi-color printing equipment is highly integrated, mostly in the form of unit arrangement, easy to install shaftless drive, automatic registration and other devices, which greatly improves the production efficiency and automation level of the equipment, but also makes the printing process and color management increasingly perfect.
5. ERP management workflow. ERP system is an important tool of modern enterprise management, which greatly improves the work efficiency, effectively reduces the management cost, and makes the traditional workshop-type printing enterprise management move forward to modern management. ERP supply chain management is the core management mode for enterprises to prosper and develop in the information society, which realizes the information of printing production management, can improve the production efficiency and product quality of printing enterprises, and better meet the needs of high-quality economic and social development.
6, color desktop publishing technology. This technology is a breakthrough in prepress digital technology, which makes the prepress process bid farewell to "scissors and tape" and lays the foundation for the digitalization of the printing industry. With the rapid development of digitalization and networking, the color desktop publishing system still integrates creative design, text typesetting, image color separation, DTP production, graphic combination, digital proof and full-page output with its advanced digital technology, and integrates digital photography, art editing and creative design to meet the requirements of various publications in the new era. It has greatly improved the quality and efficiency of the printing industry, shortened the publishing cycle and reduced the cost.
7, wireless binding linkage technology. The wireless binding linkage production line can connect more than ten processes such as page matching, bumping, clamping, milling back, gluing and covering together to form an automatic production line, which is a high-speed binding equipment suitable for mass production. Because of its compact structure, convenient installation and debugging, and simplified binding process, it greatly shortens the production cycle and improves labor productivity. This integrated technology promotes the high-speed, large-scale and simple processing of books and periodicals, greatly improves the quality and efficiency of post-press processing, liberates the traditional labor-intensive post-press processing process, and breaks through the bottleneck of post-press production efficiency.
8, printing color management technology. Through the data management of equipment calibration, characterization and color conversion, the technology can improve the stability of printing production, improve production efficiency, reduce loss costs and increase enterprise benefits through the data management of paper, ink, moistening fluid, plate output parameters, printing press status and environmental temperature and humidity. Color management technology opens the way of digitization and standardization of printing workflow, making printing "what you see is what you get".
9. Shaftless drive technology of printing press. It avoids the shortcomings of the reverse clearance, inertia, friction and insufficient stiffness in the traditional mechanical transmission, realizes the direct drive, increases the flexibility of the color subtraction group of the unit type equipment, facilitates the installation of automatic registration and automatic pressure adjustment devices, shortens the printing preparation time, improves the printing quality and mechanical efficiency, and also improves the level of production automation. Shaftless drive printing equipment has recognized high precision, high speed, and good stability. At the same time, shaftless drive technology improves the automation and intelligence level of printing equipment, makes the unit modular and standardized, and also greatly improves the openness, flexibility and adaptability of the equipment.
10, UV-LED curing technology. This technology breaks through the shackles of traditional printing drying mechanism, significantly increases the appearance gloss and visual beauty of printed products, effectively reduces the energy consumption of printing drying, and greatly expands the variety of substrate media. It has better operating economy, advanced system functions and environmental benefits, increasing production speed, reducing costs, promoting environmental protection, and reducing waste. With the continuous progress of UV-LED light sources and high-performance UV-LED curing inks and coatings, UV-LED curing technology is more and more widely used in the printing field.
At the meeting, Huang Qiang, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of Shanghai Century Publishing Group, pointed out that "Printing Magazine" introduces and exchanges new printing technologies at home and abroad with a rigorous concept of running a magazine, witnesses the development of the industry, and has well promoted the technical innovation and scientific and technological progress of the printing industry. based in Shanghai, focusing on East China and facing the whole country, the magazine continues to pay attention to new technologies, new processes, new materials and new equipment in the industry, collecting and writing enterprise technological innovation survey reports, publishing industry heavy statistical analysis reports for many years in a row, maintaining a high level of content and influence, and has been included in full text by a number of large literature databases such as China National Knowledge Network, Weipu and Wanfang. It is hoped that "Print Magazine" will take the 50th anniversary as an opportunity to strengthen its professional characteristics of printing technology innovation, application and industry management, focus on the new requirements of high-quality development of the printing industry in the new era, constantly improve the quality of content, expand the means of communication, embark on a new journey, and write a new chapter. Xu Jiong, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and director of the Municipal Press and Publication Bureau, pointed out at the meeting that "Print Magazine" has been working hard for 50 years and has become the longest continuously published printing professional periodical in the country. The magazine has always adhered to the correct direction of public opinion and publication, and has collected a large amount of information about the evolution and technological changes of the printing industry across the country, especially in the Yangtze River Delta region and Shanghai, witnessing the development of the industry, and has high academic and historical value. The magazine adheres to the development of the service industry, promotes laws and regulations of the printing industry, actively interprets new policies and new measures such as government management departments and industry associations serving enterprises to promote the upgrading of the industrial chain and explore overseas markets, and interprets the transformation and development concept of "green, digital, intelligent and integrated" in the printing industry. The magazine adheres to the professional and forward-looking concept, pays close attention to the development of global printing frontier science and technology and the latest research results of the printing industry at home and abroad, timely reports the new process, new technology, new equipment and new materials of the industry, and introduces the new model and good experience of innovation and development of the industry through interviews with key enterprises and leading figures. It has played a positive role in enhancing the overall competitiveness of Shanghai printing industry and promoting the high-quality development of the industry.
Xu Jiong stressed that at present, Shanghai is actively implementing the National Press and Publication Administration's "Special Plan for the Development of the Printing Industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan Period", promoting the reform and innovation of the printing industry, promoting the quality and efficiency of the printing industry, and promoting the integrated development of the printing industry in the Yangtze River Delta, and the development of the printing industry will usher in new challenges and opportunities. It is hoped that in the new development stage of Printing Magazine, it will focus on the development direction of the industry of "green, digital, intelligent and integrated", closely follow the implementation of the strategy of "brand, major projects, advanced industrial clusters, integrated development, going global, and talent development", pay attention to the innovation transformation of printing enterprises and the development of "specialized and special new", and help the scientific and technological innovation and technological progress of the printing industry. To promote the high-quality development of the printing industry to make greater contributions.
