From May 18th to 31st, 2000, Drupa 2000, the world's largest printing and multimedia exhibition and the 50th anniversary of the international printing press industry, was held at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Center in Germany. As a member of the Chinese delegation, I was privileged to participate in this cross-century world printing industry event. After a few days watching the show, I deeply felt the rapid development of printing science and technology in the world today.
The 18 exhibition halls of the International Printing Exhibition are divided into five parts, namely the printing part (including machinery and equipment accessories), involving l, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, etc. Pavilion; pre-press and media pre-production technology and equipment (including system equipment and software), covering 7, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 18, etc.; material and service industries (including printing color And printing materials) involving five exhibition halls (3, 6, 8, 15, 16); processing of paper products (including material production), involving four exhibition halls (6, 10, 11, and 12); binding industry (including Printing and processing) involves 1, 6, 12, 13, 14 and 18 exhibition halls.
At this year's exhibition, exhibitors from all countries have exhibited their most advanced printing equipment, truly reflecting the general trend of the world's printing technology development. As I engaged in the manufacture of printing equipment, I have paid special attention to the development of printing equipment. I will talk about the exhibition of printing equipment on the exhibition. I will only refer to my printing industry colleagues for reference. the first. CTP technology has matured and traditional platemaking technology will be replaced by CTP technology.
At this exhibition, the traditional offset printing computer direct plate making equipment is dazzling. The devices introduced by numerous manufacturers are broadly divided into three types: automatic CTP platesetters, semi-automatic CTP platesetters, and manual platesetters. Its technology is roughly classified into four types. The first is a thermal imaging CTP system that does not develop. The sign of the maturity of this system is the maturity of various thermal CTP plate production technologies. In addition to the traditional leading manufacturers such as Kodak-Paulaguang, Agfa, Fujitsu, and Mitsubishi Paper, Konica is a mature product. Companies such as Lastra, Presstek, PD, Anocoli and Toray are now also able to offer thermal CTP plates. The second is the violet laser diode CTP system. This system has two major advantages. First, the cost is low. Second, it can be imaged on less demanding plates. The third is a CTP system using a UV light source. For example, BasysPrint provides a unique computer-to-plate machine that uses a UV light source. It uses high-power UV lamps and can use conventional, inexpensive, UV-sensitive plates. The fourth is the CTP system using inkjet technology, which can be directly imaged on the plate using inkjet technology. This type of system also has two forms of operation. One is to first form a layer of mask on the surface of the emulsion layer of the printing plate by an ink jet method, and then expose the plate to a UV lamp to expose the area that is not covered by the ink, and then perform the development process. The resolution produced by this method is lower, mainly for monochrome printing. The other is the use of ink jet methods to form the desired graphics directly on the plate, eliminating the need for exposure and other processing. This method uses a special kind of ink, which has an affinity with the offset printing ink, and the made version can be immediately printed on the machine. In this exhibition, Iria Graphics and Hitachi Koki have introduced such CTP systems. It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the computer-to-plate technology of offset printing, Drupa 2000 counts a major breakthrough in flexographic and gravure CTP technologies and products. second. Digital printing technology is increasingly mature and widely used.
Digital printing technology is a new technology developed in recent years. At this exhibition, almost all printer manufacturers in the world have introduced new digital presses, and digital technology has become more mature. If the digital printing technology is subdivided, it can be broadly divided into the following categories: the first is the digital offset printing method (waterless offset printing with printing plates), the second is the electronic ink transfer method, and the third is the electrophotographic process. Toner transfer method, the fourth is electronic printing or inkjet, the fifth is the wax paper imprinting ink transfer printing.
In this exhibition, Heidelberg's digital presses include the Digima-ter 9110 digital press (a new digital printing machine without printing plate that directly prints text with Kodak) and Nex-press 2100 color digital Printing presses, Speedmaster 74-6-p+LDI six-color digital presses (in mechanism version) and Quickmaster DI46-4 eight-port digital offset presses (in mechanism version). Israel's Indigo, which pioneered digital printing, has also launched a series of commercial digital presses. The impression is that the company has begun to develop and produce small-scale digital presses to develop and produce large-scale commercial digital presses. In addition, companies such as IBM, Epson, O6e, Agfa, Xerox, and Xeikon, which traditionally produce laser printouts and copiers, have begun to enter the digital printing arena and have introduced new models. In contrast, the famous manufacturers of traditional offset printing presses, such as Manroland, KBA Group, and Komori. Adast, Lidai Company, Hamada Corporation, and United States A. B. Dick, etc., naturally will not be willing to give up their own people, they have launched their own digital printing equipment. Digital presses can not only print on-demand, but also print and reprint personalized reprints and publications with up-to-date information. At present, the maximum speed of digital presses can reach 13,000 sheets/hour. In the world, digital printing machines have been widely used and applied. third. Traditional printing equipment develops in the direction of multi-functionality and full automation, and attaches importance to environmental protection technology.
Although the digital printing press has revolutionized the printing field and caused a strong impact on the traditional printing presses, due to the limitations of the digital printing press itself, it cannot completely replace the traditional printing press. At this exhibition, among the numerous printing solutions that Heidelberg has launched, the development of traditional offset presses is still highly respected. The traditional offset press will not only not withdraw from the stage of history immediately, but will gain greater development because the digital control technology is widely used on traditional printing presses. This can be realized by the fact that the offset press equipment introduced by many offset press manufacturers is still receiving attention. Due to the widespread adoption of digital printing control technology, traditional printing presses are becoming more and more mature and increasingly sophisticated. For example, in the case of sheetfed offset presses, there are now a wide range of machine formats to choose from, and the number of color sets and configuration is also more flexible. Manufacturers offer a variety of choices. The printer can select a perfecting press, a printer with a paper turnover mechanism or without a flipping mechanism, and a reel-to-reel cutter. With one or more on-line coating units, several manufacturers have also launched more than 10 color sheet-fed offset presses. At present, the speed of most sheetfed offset presses has reached 13,000 sheets/hour, and the highest printing speed has even exceeded 18,000 sheets/hour. The digital control technology used on traditional printing presses includes a central control unit, a paper size and thickness presetting device, a semi-automatic or fully automatic plate changing device, a roller axial, an automatic register adjustment device in the circumferential and diagonal directions, and an ink roller. Eraser and impression cylinder automatic cleaning device, automatic ink supply device, non-contact paper guide and non-stop paper change device, digital display control system for ink and ink balance, digital control system for automatic registration, and closed-loop digital detection for the whole process of color printing and many more. The endless stream of digital printing control technology is dazzling and dizzying.
For this exhibition, I have a particularly deep feeling, that is, printing equipment production shows a high degree of automatic control, multi-series, and more varieties. The overall development trend of modularization, multi-functionalization and full automation will become the development direction of ZI century printing machinery. In my opinion, the characteristics of fully automatic control of the printing press are mainly reflected in the transition from decentralized control to centralized control, the transition from onboard control to off-line control (remote control), and the transition from open-loop control to closed-loop intelligent control, and the multifunctionality of printing presses. Mainly reflected in the realization of a modular combination such as lithography, dampening, glazing, die cutting, packaging and many other functions.
At this exhibition, Heidelberg, the world’s largest manufacturer of offset printing presses, demonstrated strong capabilities. The Speedmaster series offset presses were equipped with automatic controlled cleaning and cleaning dose dosing devices, and added glazing systems. And the use of plasma display service desk, pneumatic paper reducer, automatic online register control device, flip mechanism and other innovative devices. German Mann Roland, KBA Group, Japan Mitsubishi, Komori, and Ryobi have also demonstrated their versatility and full-automatic products. All exhibitors of the offset press have realized digital centralized control. Japan Mitsubishi's full-color multi-color offset press is also equipped with a fully automatic version of the equipment.
At the exhibition, many new printing technologies that protect the environment were also displayed. There are many kinds of equipment used to purify the air and protect the printing environment. At the same time, various types of printing equipment commonly use waterless printing or alcohol dampening methods. Reflects the importance of environmental protection issues in today’s society. fourth. The manufacture of printing equipment has evolved in the direction of professional support and reflects a broad alliance.
The various kinds of consumable materials and various ancillary equipments exhibited at this exhibition are various. In this regard, I have some of my own opinions. My first feeling is that printing consumables and various kinds of specialized equipment for printing are being developed towards internationalization and specialization. At present, parts of many printing presses have gradually become the international standard configuration, which reflects the increasingly finer division of labor in various parts of printing equipment. Specialized matching production is a feature of modern manufacturing production. A manufacturer does not and cannot have the ability to manufacture all of its own products. The manufacture of printing presses is no exception. The production of printing equipment is a systematic project that embodies the close relationship between social production and division of labor and cooperation. The higher the level of parts and components manufacturing technology, the better the quality of printing equipment and the advancement of technology.
My second feeling is that the printing industry in the world embodies a wide range of alliances, multiple industries and disciplines often merge with each other, and the trend of reorganization and alliance between manufacturers and manufacturers is becoming more and more obvious. For example, Heidelberg acquired Kodak's office equipment company, KBA company and Sailing Angel's cooperation and so on. The technology has been provided to many manufacturers as an OEM, which has become the mainstream of the world's extensive alliance. In turn, let's look at our China's printing equipment manufacturing industry. Small and complete, large and complete, competing with each other, killing each other, self-contained, and backward production methods still occupy our mainstream here. This is not exactly the Chinese printing equipment. Is one of the main reasons for the huge gap between manufacturing and world development? fifth. China's impression of printing equipment and the gap with foreign countries.
At this exhibition, the Chinese printing industry once again demonstrated its products at the World Printing Technology Exhibition. Unfortunately, compared to the Chinese exhibitors at the Chicago Print Show last year, the number of participating Chinese exhibitors in the exhibition, both the number of participating companies and the variety of exhibitors, is extremely poor. This time, many well-known domestic companies did not participate, only Shanghai Shenwei Da (paper cutter and binding machine), Shanghai Ziguang (die cutting and bronzing machine), and the second film factory of Guole Kai Group (PS version). Four products from five companies including Tianjin Tianlong Technology Co., Ltd. (PS version) and Yingkou Guanhua Offset Co., Ltd. (small offset presses) represent China's participation.
Although the size of the Chinese delegation was not large, many gains have been made. As the Drupa 2000 exhibition is the world's most influential exhibition of new technologies for printing, visitors to the conference are mostly experts in the printing industry in various countries and agents from various countries. They gave a relatively high evaluation of China's printing machinery products, and believed that China's products are inexpensive. Many agents are willing to act as agents for Chinese products. At the meeting, the turnover of the Chinese delegation was nearly 2 million U.S. dollars and all prototypes were sold.
It is worth mentioning that the products of Yingkou Guanhua Offset Printing Machinery Co., Ltd. are very popular. The two models 1800E and 4700B that they exhibited have attracted the attention of the printing industry colleagues in many countries in the world. At the meeting, Yingkou Guanhua Offset Co., Ltd. not only sold prototypes, but also signed contracts with nearly 50 machines. The contract amounted to more than 500,000 US dollars, and also signed a large number of intentional contracts. From the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Canada. And South America, Africa, Asia, etc. 3
The 18 exhibition halls of the International Printing Exhibition are divided into five parts, namely the printing part (including machinery and equipment accessories), involving l, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, etc. Pavilion; pre-press and media pre-production technology and equipment (including system equipment and software), covering 7, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 18, etc.; material and service industries (including printing color And printing materials) involving five exhibition halls (3, 6, 8, 15, 16); processing of paper products (including material production), involving four exhibition halls (6, 10, 11, and 12); binding industry (including Printing and processing) involves 1, 6, 12, 13, 14 and 18 exhibition halls.
At this year's exhibition, exhibitors from all countries have exhibited their most advanced printing equipment, truly reflecting the general trend of the world's printing technology development. As I engaged in the manufacture of printing equipment, I have paid special attention to the development of printing equipment. I will talk about the exhibition of printing equipment on the exhibition. I will only refer to my printing industry colleagues for reference. the first. CTP technology has matured and traditional platemaking technology will be replaced by CTP technology.
At this exhibition, the traditional offset printing computer direct plate making equipment is dazzling. The devices introduced by numerous manufacturers are broadly divided into three types: automatic CTP platesetters, semi-automatic CTP platesetters, and manual platesetters. Its technology is roughly classified into four types. The first is a thermal imaging CTP system that does not develop. The sign of the maturity of this system is the maturity of various thermal CTP plate production technologies. In addition to the traditional leading manufacturers such as Kodak-Paulaguang, Agfa, Fujitsu, and Mitsubishi Paper, Konica is a mature product. Companies such as Lastra, Presstek, PD, Anocoli and Toray are now also able to offer thermal CTP plates. The second is the violet laser diode CTP system. This system has two major advantages. First, the cost is low. Second, it can be imaged on less demanding plates. The third is a CTP system using a UV light source. For example, BasysPrint provides a unique computer-to-plate machine that uses a UV light source. It uses high-power UV lamps and can use conventional, inexpensive, UV-sensitive plates. The fourth is the CTP system using inkjet technology, which can be directly imaged on the plate using inkjet technology. This type of system also has two forms of operation. One is to first form a layer of mask on the surface of the emulsion layer of the printing plate by an ink jet method, and then expose the plate to a UV lamp to expose the area that is not covered by the ink, and then perform the development process. The resolution produced by this method is lower, mainly for monochrome printing. The other is the use of ink jet methods to form the desired graphics directly on the plate, eliminating the need for exposure and other processing. This method uses a special kind of ink, which has an affinity with the offset printing ink, and the made version can be immediately printed on the machine. In this exhibition, Iria Graphics and Hitachi Koki have introduced such CTP systems. It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the computer-to-plate technology of offset printing, Drupa 2000 counts a major breakthrough in flexographic and gravure CTP technologies and products. second. Digital printing technology is increasingly mature and widely used.
Digital printing technology is a new technology developed in recent years. At this exhibition, almost all printer manufacturers in the world have introduced new digital presses, and digital technology has become more mature. If the digital printing technology is subdivided, it can be broadly divided into the following categories: the first is the digital offset printing method (waterless offset printing with printing plates), the second is the electronic ink transfer method, and the third is the electrophotographic process. Toner transfer method, the fourth is electronic printing or inkjet, the fifth is the wax paper imprinting ink transfer printing.
In this exhibition, Heidelberg's digital presses include the Digima-ter 9110 digital press (a new digital printing machine without printing plate that directly prints text with Kodak) and Nex-press 2100 color digital Printing presses, Speedmaster 74-6-p+LDI six-color digital presses (in mechanism version) and Quickmaster DI46-4 eight-port digital offset presses (in mechanism version). Israel's Indigo, which pioneered digital printing, has also launched a series of commercial digital presses. The impression is that the company has begun to develop and produce small-scale digital presses to develop and produce large-scale commercial digital presses. In addition, companies such as IBM, Epson, O6e, Agfa, Xerox, and Xeikon, which traditionally produce laser printouts and copiers, have begun to enter the digital printing arena and have introduced new models. In contrast, the famous manufacturers of traditional offset printing presses, such as Manroland, KBA Group, and Komori. Adast, Lidai Company, Hamada Corporation, and United States A. B. Dick, etc., naturally will not be willing to give up their own people, they have launched their own digital printing equipment. Digital presses can not only print on-demand, but also print and reprint personalized reprints and publications with up-to-date information. At present, the maximum speed of digital presses can reach 13,000 sheets/hour. In the world, digital printing machines have been widely used and applied. third. Traditional printing equipment develops in the direction of multi-functionality and full automation, and attaches importance to environmental protection technology.
Although the digital printing press has revolutionized the printing field and caused a strong impact on the traditional printing presses, due to the limitations of the digital printing press itself, it cannot completely replace the traditional printing press. At this exhibition, among the numerous printing solutions that Heidelberg has launched, the development of traditional offset presses is still highly respected. The traditional offset press will not only not withdraw from the stage of history immediately, but will gain greater development because the digital control technology is widely used on traditional printing presses. This can be realized by the fact that the offset press equipment introduced by many offset press manufacturers is still receiving attention. Due to the widespread adoption of digital printing control technology, traditional printing presses are becoming more and more mature and increasingly sophisticated. For example, in the case of sheetfed offset presses, there are now a wide range of machine formats to choose from, and the number of color sets and configuration is also more flexible. Manufacturers offer a variety of choices. The printer can select a perfecting press, a printer with a paper turnover mechanism or without a flipping mechanism, and a reel-to-reel cutter. With one or more on-line coating units, several manufacturers have also launched more than 10 color sheet-fed offset presses. At present, the speed of most sheetfed offset presses has reached 13,000 sheets/hour, and the highest printing speed has even exceeded 18,000 sheets/hour. The digital control technology used on traditional printing presses includes a central control unit, a paper size and thickness presetting device, a semi-automatic or fully automatic plate changing device, a roller axial, an automatic register adjustment device in the circumferential and diagonal directions, and an ink roller. Eraser and impression cylinder automatic cleaning device, automatic ink supply device, non-contact paper guide and non-stop paper change device, digital display control system for ink and ink balance, digital control system for automatic registration, and closed-loop digital detection for the whole process of color printing and many more. The endless stream of digital printing control technology is dazzling and dizzying.
For this exhibition, I have a particularly deep feeling, that is, printing equipment production shows a high degree of automatic control, multi-series, and more varieties. The overall development trend of modularization, multi-functionalization and full automation will become the development direction of ZI century printing machinery. In my opinion, the characteristics of fully automatic control of the printing press are mainly reflected in the transition from decentralized control to centralized control, the transition from onboard control to off-line control (remote control), and the transition from open-loop control to closed-loop intelligent control, and the multifunctionality of printing presses. Mainly reflected in the realization of a modular combination such as lithography, dampening, glazing, die cutting, packaging and many other functions.
At this exhibition, Heidelberg, the world’s largest manufacturer of offset printing presses, demonstrated strong capabilities. The Speedmaster series offset presses were equipped with automatic controlled cleaning and cleaning dose dosing devices, and added glazing systems. And the use of plasma display service desk, pneumatic paper reducer, automatic online register control device, flip mechanism and other innovative devices. German Mann Roland, KBA Group, Japan Mitsubishi, Komori, and Ryobi have also demonstrated their versatility and full-automatic products. All exhibitors of the offset press have realized digital centralized control. Japan Mitsubishi's full-color multi-color offset press is also equipped with a fully automatic version of the equipment.
At the exhibition, many new printing technologies that protect the environment were also displayed. There are many kinds of equipment used to purify the air and protect the printing environment. At the same time, various types of printing equipment commonly use waterless printing or alcohol dampening methods. Reflects the importance of environmental protection issues in today’s society. fourth. The manufacture of printing equipment has evolved in the direction of professional support and reflects a broad alliance.
The various kinds of consumable materials and various ancillary equipments exhibited at this exhibition are various. In this regard, I have some of my own opinions. My first feeling is that printing consumables and various kinds of specialized equipment for printing are being developed towards internationalization and specialization. At present, parts of many printing presses have gradually become the international standard configuration, which reflects the increasingly finer division of labor in various parts of printing equipment. Specialized matching production is a feature of modern manufacturing production. A manufacturer does not and cannot have the ability to manufacture all of its own products. The manufacture of printing presses is no exception. The production of printing equipment is a systematic project that embodies the close relationship between social production and division of labor and cooperation. The higher the level of parts and components manufacturing technology, the better the quality of printing equipment and the advancement of technology.
My second feeling is that the printing industry in the world embodies a wide range of alliances, multiple industries and disciplines often merge with each other, and the trend of reorganization and alliance between manufacturers and manufacturers is becoming more and more obvious. For example, Heidelberg acquired Kodak's office equipment company, KBA company and Sailing Angel's cooperation and so on. The technology has been provided to many manufacturers as an OEM, which has become the mainstream of the world's extensive alliance. In turn, let's look at our China's printing equipment manufacturing industry. Small and complete, large and complete, competing with each other, killing each other, self-contained, and backward production methods still occupy our mainstream here. This is not exactly the Chinese printing equipment. Is one of the main reasons for the huge gap between manufacturing and world development? fifth. China's impression of printing equipment and the gap with foreign countries.
At this exhibition, the Chinese printing industry once again demonstrated its products at the World Printing Technology Exhibition. Unfortunately, compared to the Chinese exhibitors at the Chicago Print Show last year, the number of participating Chinese exhibitors in the exhibition, both the number of participating companies and the variety of exhibitors, is extremely poor. This time, many well-known domestic companies did not participate, only Shanghai Shenwei Da (paper cutter and binding machine), Shanghai Ziguang (die cutting and bronzing machine), and the second film factory of Guole Kai Group (PS version). Four products from five companies including Tianjin Tianlong Technology Co., Ltd. (PS version) and Yingkou Guanhua Offset Co., Ltd. (small offset presses) represent China's participation.
Although the size of the Chinese delegation was not large, many gains have been made. As the Drupa 2000 exhibition is the world's most influential exhibition of new technologies for printing, visitors to the conference are mostly experts in the printing industry in various countries and agents from various countries. They gave a relatively high evaluation of China's printing machinery products, and believed that China's products are inexpensive. Many agents are willing to act as agents for Chinese products. At the meeting, the turnover of the Chinese delegation was nearly 2 million U.S. dollars and all prototypes were sold.
It is worth mentioning that the products of Yingkou Guanhua Offset Printing Machinery Co., Ltd. are very popular. The two models 1800E and 4700B that they exhibited have attracted the attention of the printing industry colleagues in many countries in the world. At the meeting, Yingkou Guanhua Offset Co., Ltd. not only sold prototypes, but also signed contracts with nearly 50 machines. The contract amounted to more than 500,000 US dollars, and also signed a large number of intentional contracts. From the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Canada. And South America, Africa, Asia, etc. 3
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