How small and medium-sized printing enterprises can use CTP to increase efficiency

Small and medium-sized printing enterprises can use CTP to increase efficiency from three aspects: improving printing quality, improving operational efficiency, and reducing operational costs. In terms of improving printing quality, small and medium-sized printing enterprises need to choose appropriate plate materials and screening methods based on product characteristics. For high-quality printed materials such as high-end brochures, exquisite samples, fashion magazines, etc., the reproduction of high light and low tone dots is crucial. Therefore, multiple screening techniques such as frequency modulation screening and amplitude modulation screening mixing, square dot chain point mixing, etc. need to be used, and CTP plates with high contrast coefficient and good mesh uniformity should be selected; For printed materials with relatively low printing quality requirements, due to the short tone of the printing image and relatively low color reproduction requirements, amplitude modulation and screening methods are mainly used. Therefore, CTP equipment with faster plate making speed and CTP materials with lower prices can be selected.

In terms of reducing operational costs, printing companies need to achieve a reasonable configuration of CTP equipment, plate materials, and punching machines, to meet the quality requirements of different products with different quality and price levels of plate materials. On the basis of meeting the quality requirements of printing buyers, costs should be minimized as much as possible. For example, printing companies can configure 2 plate punching machines to adapt to different types of plate materials and plate washing operations, ensuring stable plate quality, clear dots, reasonable compensation for increased printing dots, and high registration accuracy; Furthermore, it can be connected online with CIP3/4 and color management to minimize printing preparation time, reduce printing consumption, improve work efficiency, and achieve the goal of using CTP for efficiency enhancement; Then it can provide printing buyers with value-added services such as tracking the production status of printed copies, online proofing, process management, and intelligent data analysis through the Internet to improve customer satisfaction and build core competitiveness.

In terms of improving homework efficiency, small and medium-sized printing enterprises need to focus on improving the efficiency of printing machines and reduce the adjustment and trial printing time of printing machines by using CTP. The specific strategy is to establish a CTP dot increase compensation curve that matches the dot increase of the printing machine, establish process control parameters between the printing machine and CTP, and establish a fast and accurate registration method between various color plates of CTP at Shanghai Printing to ensure accurate registration of the printing plate on the machine and even ink color when starting the trial printing, meeting quality control requirements. The adjustment time during the entire printing process tends to zero, and the printing is completed in one go.

The entry of small and medium-sized printing enterprises into the CTP era is an irreversible historical development trend. Printing enterprises can only actively follow up, quickly apply, and make scientific decisions in order to find unique digital printing tools with competitive advantages based on their product types, quality requirements, and production management models. Through CTP, Shanghai Printing achieves the big goal of maximizing returns with the lowest investment, providing users with the most satisfactory products, and widening the distance from competitors, Complete the true digital transformation of printing.

In addition, small and medium-sized printing enterprises should also pay attention to the cultivation of key talents and the utilization of industry expert resources in the process of rational use of CTP to achieve efficiency improvement. Small and medium-sized printing enterprises should understand the difficulties in the digital printing production system constructed by CTP and digital workflow. They can quickly achieve this through various methods such as industry university research cooperation with universities, signing CTP application services with manufacturers, and signing annual warranty services with industry experts