The development trend of printing industry and tec

The development trend of printing industry and technology at the beginning of the new century

in the printing industry, there are many problems that plastic materials in line with green packaging cannot be used in a large area; In countries and regions with developed means of developing intelligent and other advanced packaging technologies, the main parameters that determine the performance of universal experimental machines in the traditional printing industry are as follows. Under the impact of contemporary digital technology and computer network technology, major changes and qualitative leaps have taken place. The general development trend is:

1. According to the latest interpretation of the American Imaging Technology Foundation (GATF), due to the development of printing and communication technology, they are closely related to light, machinery The combination of electronic integration technology has been widely used in the traditional printing and publishing industry. Printing and image dissemination industry is a general term that includes all industries related to image reproduction process. Images can be pictures. Photos or optical discs are recorded on different media through different input and output devices, so that the information carried by the image can be felt by people. The most common process of information reproduction is completed by printing. The printing and image communication industry not only includes the printing industry, but also includes publishing, packaging, paper making, ink, equipment manufacturing, small and medium-sized image equipment centers, as well as internal printing enterprises in government, enterprises, banks, businesses, schools and other departments. Printing and image dissemination have become an important part of the national economy, information industry and people's daily life. In the United States, it has become one of the largest pillar industries

in 1998, the total output value of the printing and image dissemination industry in the United States was as high as 228billion US dollars (equivalent to a quarter of China's GTP that year), and the industrial scale (employees and institutions) was second only to the catering industry in the United States. In 1999, the sales of the printing industry in the image communication industry in the United States exceeded 155.7 billion US dollars (of which the book printing industry was 24 billion US dollars, about 1992 billion yuan), becoming one of the largest manufacturing industries in the image communication industry in the United States

the printing industry in Hong Kong has risen to the top of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry in 1999. According to the statistics of Hong Kong annual report 99, there were 5021 printing plants in Hong Kong in 1999, with 44700 employees

2. The wide application of computer technology, digital technology and network technology in the traditional printing industry, and the short reaction time of raw materials have made the whole traditional processing process of "prepress, printing and post printing" produce brand-new technological innovation and fundamental changes. New color desktop system, direct plate making technology, direct printing technology, digital proofing and printing system, digital workflow, integrated solutions, cross media publishing technology, Remote Proofing printing and publishing system, printing e-commerce, standardized cross platform file format and open file data exchange environment (such as PDF file format), as well as various computer-controlled prepress, printing Post press equipment has been developed and used rapidly. All these make the printing production system integrate with the global networked information management system and the peripheral digital network environment, and become a huge graphic information resource and system, which greatly broadens the application scope, service time and regional freedom of graphic information, makes the printing field and time unprecedented extension and expansion, and greatly improves the printing efficiency and product quality. The integrated production and management system based on digital technology and network technology has and will continue to profoundly change the traditional printing production and management mode. In this development process, the printing industry is more digitalized and networked, and has become an important part of the information industry

3. The application of a large number of high and new technologies in the printing industry and China's entry into the WTO will accelerate the adjustment of the product structure of printing enterprises, the re segmentation of the market, the low noise of working hours, the reorganization of assets and the adjustment of the industrial structure of the industry, and promote the more intense competition in the printing Market: the withdrawal, bankruptcy, reorganization and merger of enterprises will be significantly intensified; large-scale operations will appear in enterprises and regions with conditions: a number of high-tech New equipment and excellent service. Small enterprises with standardized management will replace small and medium-sized printing enterprises with inferior quality and low efficiency. The printing market will be more diversified. On demand and rapid

4. Electronic media publications are booming, which has an impact on the traditional media with paper as the media. At the same time, they are also in line with books and periodicals. Newspapers and other printed publications permeate, complement and coexist for a long time. Electronic media publications will continue to maintain a rapid growth momentum, while traditional printed publications will still maintain a certain growth rate, which is roughly equivalent to the economic growth rate of various regions

5. The concept of "green printing" will permeate all fields of the printing process. A large number of new processes, materials and technologies that are pollution-free and conducive to environmental protection and resource reuse are adopted