Every day, we read many articles on the development of Internet (Internet) technology and the tremendous changes it is bringing to various industries in the business columns of local newspapers. I wonder if you ever thought about this question: “Can these technologies change the prepress workflow in our packaging industry?†Now that you don’t have to be confused about this issue, let me tell you a clear answer: “The Internet Technology can and is changing the prepress workflow."
First, the old-style prepress system has spent a lot of time For a long time, the prepress workflow has always been an independent, closed system, and they have no direct contact or combination with other businesses or communication systems. In the communication system, telephones, faxes, and E-mails all play a role, but they cannot track information in a systematic way. Therefore, these technologies cannot be fundamentally improved. The overall efficiency of our prepress production.
For example, in order to be able to implement last minute changes to printed text, you may want to output a proof sheet first, and then send the customer a modified fax sample. You may even send a very large file to the customer via e-mail, allowing the customer to sign for approval. However, sometimes the sample may fail to send due to the limitations of the capacity of the client's e-mail system. These problems seem to be minor problems, but they will cause some delays and delays, which will seriously affect production efficiency and affect production profits.
Second, the new prepress system can save time and improve work efficiency. On the contrary, let us first imagine this situation: by giving each client of the company a certain degree of authority, the client will be able to browse live via the network. The production situation, but also can add their own views and instructions in the job, such as how to change the job, the job is to approve or reject and so on. All of this work is done in real time. There is no need to wait for the last minute change waiting beside the fax machine. It is no longer necessary to try to figure out the intention in the fax, and it is no longer necessary to describe how to proceed on the phone. edited. The current prepress technology and Internet technology have made rapid progress and have been able to overcome all these difficulties.
The combination of flexible PDF files, an Internet-based operating system, and a powerful database has brought us tremendous changes in the packaging and printing industry. Previously only significant changes have been experienced in other industries. It has now been realized in the pre-press packaging industry.
Third, why use PDF file format?
The PDF file format is another new output file format following the Postscript file format, and has rapidly developed into a standard file format in the field of commercial printing, publishing, and packaging printing. Pre-press companies are now able to exchange documents with each other freely, and they no longer have to worry about file incompatibility (a common problem in previous workflows). There are millions of computers around the world that have installed the free software Adobe Acrobat Reader. With this software, people can easily browse PDF files on the Internet. This reader helps us to eliminate various obstacles and difficulties and provides us with a tool for browsing images and text files.
At present, many vendors have started to provide plug-ins for Acrobat series applications, and the price is relatively cheap. With these program software, pre-printing companies can correct images, implement color management, and set up. Screening parameters, trapping values ​​and stored as PDF files, and these programs can complete the various complex tasks required to package the prepress design field. Afterwards, when the files are stored, the files can be password-protected accordingly. Sending to the designated location, the unauthorized person can't change or modify the file at all, so you can rest assured. These documents can also be stored in a "digital signature" way to confirm that they have passed the appropriate quality assurance and can now be used directly for print reproduction.
IV. Integrating and Coordinating Internet Connections The current file conversion technology is very similar to the existing prepress workflow, except that they are only an independent solution. The cooperation between the prepress company and its customers may not be too smooth because the client may not be able to remotely deliver the job, and the file cannot be authenticated, approved, or rejected by annotated instructions. Current communication systems (such as fax, telephone or e-mail) are at the periphery of the prepress workflow and cannot communicate directly with the prepress system. They must also manually control and manage incoming and outgoing documents. Changes still need to be viewed, interpreted and manually added to the master file. All of this will bring more delays to production, increase the amount of extra manual labor, and may also cause mistakes, but also time-consuming.
If you can integrate communication tools and prepress tools into an efficient prepress system, you can save time and improve printing by eliminating redundant communications equipment and reducing the amount of pre-press file management. Pre-production efficiency. This method combines communication technology and image technology perfectly.
The current technology has shown us to what extent this integrated prepress process has been developed. Imagine that if you need to allow customers to sign-off a package job right away so that there is ample time for printing, you must get the customer to approve the sample as soon as possible. Through the Internet, PDF files, and integrated pre-press packaging workflows, you can send an e-mail to the customer's Internet phone, telling him (her) to check his files on the prepress company's security site.
A prepress plate company has full control over the power of its customers and can set what users can browse, sign, upload or download files, and so on. The customer, on the other hand, can easily access the prepress company's website and, with the help of the software, can view the production of his or her packaging jobs online in real time. This is actually the so-called "digital master file", which is the file to be used for imaging on the plate. Customers can comment on PDF files with the help of existing tools on their desktop. The database system in the prepress workflow can track the entire communication process to ensure that no errors occur. Customers and prepress operators can also conduct online real-time discussions on a file, eliminating any issues that affect productivity. It takes only a few minutes for the customer to sign the sample, and then the printing can be carried out immediately, which can greatly reduce the scrap rate.
V. Prepress workflow management In previous prepress workflows, special job information was generally not stored with the file, but recorded separately on a piece of paper and kept in a filing cabinet. Or in other non-integrated databases. For each revision of a job, all data and historical data must be manually collected before the job can be copied and printed. In today's new prepress workflow, the use of a database allows easy control of the communication process and the prepress process. In the packaging prepress industry, this is generally referred to as "workflow management," which will greatly increase the profitability of packaging and printing companies.
Workflow management has many advantages: it shortens the "handover time" when changing shifts, thereby reducing labor costs. Operators can now view all historical records of job processing at any time, and can also embed in the file all notes and instructions previously made, so that operators in each shift no longer have to hold cumbersome production meetings. It is no longer necessary to pass the document and its explanatory notes. Now, the staff in each shift only needs to simply look at the reports generated by the database system to be able to understand all the requirements and conditions of the job, and within a few minutes they can start production again.
When complex and time-consuming operations are completed (such as entering the corresponding copy information into the integrated database, this can be used as a reference when performing special tasks such as screening, color management, trapping, etc.), due to The process plan has been prepared in advance so that the error rate can be greatly reduced.
In the prepress workflow, the integrated database also includes some other advantages:
1. List management reports, reduce preparation time, and time required to record materials.
2. Connect the current workflow with a common workflow to drive the photosetter, proofer, and platemaking equipment within the company.
3. While enjoying the advantages of "workflow management", leverage leverage to adjust current investment orientation and reduce expenditures.
4. An electronic bulletin board is provided for production planners and dispatchers. Like a traditional bulletin board, production can be arranged, and production schedules can be updated in real time, and all output device queues can be monitored and controlled. Export (or import) jobs in different workflow management.
How long does it take to change?
“Does the Internet change the pre-press industry?†For prepress companies and packaging and printing companies, the answer is yes. The question now is: “When will the packaging prepress industry be changed?†In fact, the packaging and printing industry is currently changing.
In 2001, the packaging prepress system will apply these changes brought about by Internet technology. Why are these changes so important? In the packaging industry, due to the integration of the prepress industry in recent years, prepress workflows used by prepress printing companies can be described as varied, and a combination of various workflows constitute a very complex mixture. Previously, to find a universal workflow solution, the only option was to invest large sums of money to purchase new equipment and train operators. However, in most cases this was impossible because we had to To face and use a large number of old image files, these old image files need to use the previous workflow. In the past, this meant that the pre-printing companies had to make strenuous efforts to manage such a large number of workflows so as to maintain a balance of workload among different printing companies.
Internet network workflows based on PDF files and database systems provide the packaging and printing industry with an efficient, low-cost solution that can link companies to companies through a common, standardized PDF format file. At present, this kind of prepress tool has begun to be sold on the market, so that it can solve the problem of too much cost. It is the perfect combination of innovation, advancement of the industry, and improvement of the overall economic strength of the business. No matter how you look at this technology, it is undeniable that this is indeed an exciting news in the packaging and printing industry.
First, the old-style prepress system has spent a lot of time For a long time, the prepress workflow has always been an independent, closed system, and they have no direct contact or combination with other businesses or communication systems. In the communication system, telephones, faxes, and E-mails all play a role, but they cannot track information in a systematic way. Therefore, these technologies cannot be fundamentally improved. The overall efficiency of our prepress production.
For example, in order to be able to implement last minute changes to printed text, you may want to output a proof sheet first, and then send the customer a modified fax sample. You may even send a very large file to the customer via e-mail, allowing the customer to sign for approval. However, sometimes the sample may fail to send due to the limitations of the capacity of the client's e-mail system. These problems seem to be minor problems, but they will cause some delays and delays, which will seriously affect production efficiency and affect production profits.
Second, the new prepress system can save time and improve work efficiency. On the contrary, let us first imagine this situation: by giving each client of the company a certain degree of authority, the client will be able to browse live via the network. The production situation, but also can add their own views and instructions in the job, such as how to change the job, the job is to approve or reject and so on. All of this work is done in real time. There is no need to wait for the last minute change waiting beside the fax machine. It is no longer necessary to try to figure out the intention in the fax, and it is no longer necessary to describe how to proceed on the phone. edited. The current prepress technology and Internet technology have made rapid progress and have been able to overcome all these difficulties.
The combination of flexible PDF files, an Internet-based operating system, and a powerful database has brought us tremendous changes in the packaging and printing industry. Previously only significant changes have been experienced in other industries. It has now been realized in the pre-press packaging industry.
Third, why use PDF file format?
The PDF file format is another new output file format following the Postscript file format, and has rapidly developed into a standard file format in the field of commercial printing, publishing, and packaging printing. Pre-press companies are now able to exchange documents with each other freely, and they no longer have to worry about file incompatibility (a common problem in previous workflows). There are millions of computers around the world that have installed the free software Adobe Acrobat Reader. With this software, people can easily browse PDF files on the Internet. This reader helps us to eliminate various obstacles and difficulties and provides us with a tool for browsing images and text files.
At present, many vendors have started to provide plug-ins for Acrobat series applications, and the price is relatively cheap. With these program software, pre-printing companies can correct images, implement color management, and set up. Screening parameters, trapping values ​​and stored as PDF files, and these programs can complete the various complex tasks required to package the prepress design field. Afterwards, when the files are stored, the files can be password-protected accordingly. Sending to the designated location, the unauthorized person can't change or modify the file at all, so you can rest assured. These documents can also be stored in a "digital signature" way to confirm that they have passed the appropriate quality assurance and can now be used directly for print reproduction.
IV. Integrating and Coordinating Internet Connections The current file conversion technology is very similar to the existing prepress workflow, except that they are only an independent solution. The cooperation between the prepress company and its customers may not be too smooth because the client may not be able to remotely deliver the job, and the file cannot be authenticated, approved, or rejected by annotated instructions. Current communication systems (such as fax, telephone or e-mail) are at the periphery of the prepress workflow and cannot communicate directly with the prepress system. They must also manually control and manage incoming and outgoing documents. Changes still need to be viewed, interpreted and manually added to the master file. All of this will bring more delays to production, increase the amount of extra manual labor, and may also cause mistakes, but also time-consuming.
If you can integrate communication tools and prepress tools into an efficient prepress system, you can save time and improve printing by eliminating redundant communications equipment and reducing the amount of pre-press file management. Pre-production efficiency. This method combines communication technology and image technology perfectly.
The current technology has shown us to what extent this integrated prepress process has been developed. Imagine that if you need to allow customers to sign-off a package job right away so that there is ample time for printing, you must get the customer to approve the sample as soon as possible. Through the Internet, PDF files, and integrated pre-press packaging workflows, you can send an e-mail to the customer's Internet phone, telling him (her) to check his files on the prepress company's security site.
A prepress plate company has full control over the power of its customers and can set what users can browse, sign, upload or download files, and so on. The customer, on the other hand, can easily access the prepress company's website and, with the help of the software, can view the production of his or her packaging jobs online in real time. This is actually the so-called "digital master file", which is the file to be used for imaging on the plate. Customers can comment on PDF files with the help of existing tools on their desktop. The database system in the prepress workflow can track the entire communication process to ensure that no errors occur. Customers and prepress operators can also conduct online real-time discussions on a file, eliminating any issues that affect productivity. It takes only a few minutes for the customer to sign the sample, and then the printing can be carried out immediately, which can greatly reduce the scrap rate.
V. Prepress workflow management In previous prepress workflows, special job information was generally not stored with the file, but recorded separately on a piece of paper and kept in a filing cabinet. Or in other non-integrated databases. For each revision of a job, all data and historical data must be manually collected before the job can be copied and printed. In today's new prepress workflow, the use of a database allows easy control of the communication process and the prepress process. In the packaging prepress industry, this is generally referred to as "workflow management," which will greatly increase the profitability of packaging and printing companies.
Workflow management has many advantages: it shortens the "handover time" when changing shifts, thereby reducing labor costs. Operators can now view all historical records of job processing at any time, and can also embed in the file all notes and instructions previously made, so that operators in each shift no longer have to hold cumbersome production meetings. It is no longer necessary to pass the document and its explanatory notes. Now, the staff in each shift only needs to simply look at the reports generated by the database system to be able to understand all the requirements and conditions of the job, and within a few minutes they can start production again.
When complex and time-consuming operations are completed (such as entering the corresponding copy information into the integrated database, this can be used as a reference when performing special tasks such as screening, color management, trapping, etc.), due to The process plan has been prepared in advance so that the error rate can be greatly reduced.
In the prepress workflow, the integrated database also includes some other advantages:
1. List management reports, reduce preparation time, and time required to record materials.
2. Connect the current workflow with a common workflow to drive the photosetter, proofer, and platemaking equipment within the company.
3. While enjoying the advantages of "workflow management", leverage leverage to adjust current investment orientation and reduce expenditures.
4. An electronic bulletin board is provided for production planners and dispatchers. Like a traditional bulletin board, production can be arranged, and production schedules can be updated in real time, and all output device queues can be monitored and controlled. Export (or import) jobs in different workflow management.
How long does it take to change?
“Does the Internet change the pre-press industry?†For prepress companies and packaging and printing companies, the answer is yes. The question now is: “When will the packaging prepress industry be changed?†In fact, the packaging and printing industry is currently changing.
In 2001, the packaging prepress system will apply these changes brought about by Internet technology. Why are these changes so important? In the packaging industry, due to the integration of the prepress industry in recent years, prepress workflows used by prepress printing companies can be described as varied, and a combination of various workflows constitute a very complex mixture. Previously, to find a universal workflow solution, the only option was to invest large sums of money to purchase new equipment and train operators. However, in most cases this was impossible because we had to To face and use a large number of old image files, these old image files need to use the previous workflow. In the past, this meant that the pre-printing companies had to make strenuous efforts to manage such a large number of workflows so as to maintain a balance of workload among different printing companies.
Internet network workflows based on PDF files and database systems provide the packaging and printing industry with an efficient, low-cost solution that can link companies to companies through a common, standardized PDF format file. At present, this kind of prepress tool has begun to be sold on the market, so that it can solve the problem of too much cost. It is the perfect combination of innovation, advancement of the industry, and improvement of the overall economic strength of the business. No matter how you look at this technology, it is undeniable that this is indeed an exciting news in the packaging and printing industry.
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