Future Development Trend Of Printing Industry
1. Commercial production process systems for pre-press, printing and post-press will be connected to fully digital production coefficients with networked printing plants.
2. Develop software and interfaces that control the entire production process in a digital way. Databases will be connected to management information systems that provide job scheduling, tracking and work instructions.
3. From computer to film recording methods to computer direct platemaking systems to achieve higher speed, accuracy and ensure data integrity.
4. Printing presses will not blindly pursue increased printing speed, but will strive to shorten the replacement time between functions. Plates for sheetfed and rotary offset presses will be exposed and automatically loaded on thermal computer direct platemaking machines, which will significantly improve printing preparation time and increase production time. Short-run jobs will achieve better results with transferable polyester plates. Proofing during job preparation will be used as final proofing.
5. Color management allows high-quality color throughout all printing presses.
6. The system provides remote access to customer-specific files through internal network services. High-speed network and telecommunications systems will enable continuous improvement in data transmission and connect decentralized production bases. Direct data transmission from publishers to printing companies.
7. For every offset printing company, direct imaging presses in addition to offset presses will become a standard technology
8. Traditional printing houses need to consider improving their competitiveness by providing a wider range of solutions for their users, such as digital printing methods from color laser printers to black and white and color digital presses,
9. More and more data is not only used for printing, but also for CDs and the Internet. Therefore, all data must be generated and stored in an open, standard form and archived in an open, standard database.
10. Printing is becoming more and more short-run and personalized. On-demand printing is becoming more and more common.
11. Electronic media will increase rather than reduce printing volume,
12. The strongest growth in print media will appear in the packaging industry, newspapers and magazines, advertising, etc.
