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Inkjet CTP: green plate into the future direction of development
Time：【2015-5-5】 All【】次 【Print】 【Back】
Nano-green plate-making technology from the date of birth, cause for concern. In addition to the key slots frequently appeared in numerous mainstream media, but also successfully alive Expo Beijing Museum exhibition, Expo show in printing technology, the only fruit, and pocketed the concerns of the industry's eye. However, such high-profile technology placid in many of the media industry, have long been covered with a veil of mystery.What is nano-green-to-plate technology? To put it plainly, is a modified inkjet CTP technology. Speaking of inkjet CTP technology within the industry who should be no stranger to its technical principle is very simple, is to use the printer, and a special ink in accordance with the provisions of spraying to after the special treatment of the printed version of the version of the base, the use of ink-water balance principle, blank hydrophilic part, the graphic part of the pro-ink, and thus ultimately on press ink transfer process from the printing plate to the substrate.
Why inkjet CTP technology will be referred to as green printing plate technology of nanomaterials? This is because the use of the ink containing with good fitness, the particle size in the nano-pigment particles between 30nm-200nm, green printing of nano-materials plate technology with non-sensitive, non-polluting, low-cost advantage, but also because of its excellent environmental advantages, in order to stand out in a variety of inkjet CTP technology has become the focus of attention of the printing industry.
Survival in the Crevice
Although an early start, but the development of inkjet CTP technology has been more ups and downs, drawn the short straw. Proceed with development of the technology companies, but the real color, but by very few. At present, the inkjet CTP more leading the United States JetPlateSystems companies and Denmark Glunz & Jensen Company, the two companies have declared its CTP system has reached a 175lpi the imaging quality. In China, Pratt and other companies have developed a complete solution, there are few reports of sales performance. Mainstream CTP equipment suppliers are the thermal and photosensitive CTP devices, plates as R & D focus, inkjet CTP difficult to satisfactory performance in the market.
Market segments significantly hero
In the CTP market in China, thermal, photosensitive and CTcP, the three dispute has been going on for years, leave the space of the inkjet CTP already insufficient, then the inkjet CTP whether thrust, a repeat of "one-third owned by the Jin Dynasty," the good play? my opinion, it is neither realistic, can not become a reality, but the inkjet CTP dare to put down the attitude, re-open up a new path in the market segments, the outlook remains promising.
At present, the mainstream CTP technology is gradually replacing the laser photo-typesetting technology has become the trend of the times. Most consumer groups concerned about how long this trend will continue. CTP statistics in China this year has not yet officially released, but the CTP installed capacity exceeded 3,000 units has become an indisputable fact. Analysis of China's future CTP remaining 2,000 to 3,000 units in the market space, in order to share this last piece of cake from the actual situation of the Chinese printing enterprises and CTP technology, competition between CTP suppliers will continue to intensify. Inkjet CTP obviously can not meddle in the increasingly fierce "Red Sea".
However, inkjet CTP has the incomparable advantage of other CTP equipment, low cost is its powerful "killer".
Such plate technology equipment into or plate costs are far lower than on the market now CTP plate and most of the PS version. Can be understood, inkjet CTP is the contention of the thermal photosensitive and CTcP, three behind and opened up a "behind enemy lines base" to help small and medium-sized printing companies to enter the CTP and the digital age, too fast under the conditions of the lower costs.
Green printing into the direction of
Green printing recently frequently brought by the leadership of the General Administration of Press and Publication. The overall objective of the development of China's "12th Five-Year" during the printing industry is clearly promote the development of green printing, and that the firm determination of the Government is committed to environmental protection. According to many information that the State Environmental Protection offset printing standards will be promulgated and implemented recently. Printing companies to develop green printing without delay.
Looking at the domestic market, some multinational printing suppliers have invested heavily in research and development of thermal or photosensitive CTP avoid dealing with the plates, a number of excellent plates, such as Kodak TRILLIANSP plates, etc. have been born, the market reacted strongly. Some of the domestic manufacturers, such as Lucky rubber chemistry-free plate will come out next year, decided to carry the banner of domestic environmental protection plates. Green plates of the foreign manufacturers, due to the huge investment of pre-developed, relatively "expensive" price is not most of the Chinese printing companies can bear, while the long-standing low-cost competitive situation, the green of the printing industry the stumbling block. If China's printing industry is forced to promote green printing, many companies will go bust. As the saying goes, "locked in", although some tragic, but it is also in the process of industrial transfer to go through the pain. Inkjet CTP will be possible to reverse this unfavorable industrial situation.
Nano-green-to-plate technology is inkjet CTP is an outstanding representative of one. Such a plate technology is pollution-free, chemistry-free washing. As a result of spraying ink to form a graphic way, in the platemaking process to reduce the use of the emulsion, and eliminates the need for flushing part of the plate, so as to save the country a lot of water; more valuable as one of the few independent innovation brand, the world's leading countries in the technical aspects of the popularity of the plate there will be the appropriate policy support, this will be the transformation of China's printing enterprises, especially small and medium-sized printing companies implement green printing an important breakthrough.
Stability is the bottleneck
Have such an impressive advantage, why inkjet CTP will be deterred market development. Stability is one of the bottleneck ahead. Inkjet CTP printer ink droplets sprayed on the surface of the plates, thus forming the graphic part of the stability of the printer is essential; In addition, the ink droplets in the spray process, the many factors that also makes such plates anti-Indian forces. In the lab can achieve a 175lpi the accuracy, but in the actual production, it is difficult to ensure the stability of the printed version of the output, which makes this technology used in high precision and high-volume printing orders is difficult, only survival in small quantities on the order of printing less precision, and numerous product developers as tasteless, and also makes inkjet CTP technology development to become semi-stagnation.
According to a green nano plate technology developed by Dr. Song Yanlin, nanomaterials green plate technology is not partial substitution of the existing technology, but rather a set of solutions, we must solve many engineering technology integration, production processes, quality control aspects of and the establishment of a complete system of quality standards, to promote the industrialization of the formation of replication. This is not easy, you must have a step-by-step process, which explains its unusually low-key publicity in the industry.
The road twists and turns a bright future
Despite the obstacles, the inkjet CTP technology in the decades to develop, has been in the pace of progress. If the past 20 century is to offset the technology world, then various types of printing technology, inkjet technology as the core will become the ruler of the 21st century. Inkjet CTP as an important part of the ink-jet printing technology can effectively be inkjet and offset printing combined, give full play to the green, reduce costs, to reproduce the perfect print quality and other aspects of the great advantages of a digital inkjet technology a powerful supplement. Can be expected to, as related technologies mature, the green nano-plate technology as the representative of inkjet CTP will drive China's printing technology by leaps and bounds, becoming steadily promote the development of China's printing industry mainstay.