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The most terrible thing is not to spend time. If the quality and design of the printed product after the final machine are clearly inaccurate, the mood of the designer can be imagined.
From the current technology that can be achieved in color printing, proofing is still a program that cannot be bypassed. However, this procedure is undoubtedly a level that requires a great deal of effort to pass through. People are exploring: Is there any peace of mind to pass this barrier? Can the design of the pattern become like word processing, and you can use the printer to make it look like you want in the office?
Proofing for Digital In this era, the leap of technology seems to have been completed in the early hours. Many printing companies have not been able to get rid of the old printing technology of “lead and fire†for several days. Some digital printing equipment in the printing shop is Has started work. It is said that the process of proofing has evolved from traditional plate making and printing to development and the use of digital printers for direct proofing. The digital proofing program eliminates the influence of human factors and other external factors, greatly improves the stability of the proofing output, and shortens the proofing process, because the proofing works can be modified by digital means, thereby greatly reducing the cost of proofing. Digital technology has revolutionized the printing industry and brought it to a new level. This change led printing companies to increase their operating efficiency, increase their technological content, and reduce production costs. It also has a profound and positive impact on people’s office work and lifestyle.
Proofing is a level that color printing must go through to foresee future products. It is essentially a live simulation before printing. Therefore, the appearance of finished products should be reflected as accurately as possible, such as size, position, font, color, and cutting line. Etc., even printing methods, inks and papers should be considered. There are three points to consider when proofing: check the effect of color separation and plate-making to determine whether the color of the picture is processed correctly and provide basis for revision; check the technical requirements of film registration, dot gain, etc. as a reference for actual printing. The customer will sign and confirm before printing, and it is the standard for receiving goods in the future.
With the wave of computer-to-plate making in the global printing industry, the era of digital printing has arrived. The increase of orders, the reduction of the number of prints per order, and the shortening of printing time have made the traditional proofing methods face more severe challenges. Traditional lengthy proofing processes such as film making and printing are difficult to adapt to the ever-increasing demand for modern printing. Manual operation and chemical proofing are not only time-consuming and expensive, but also the printing colors are in an unstable state. The actual printing and printing Colors often have large in and out. How to use the most advanced technology or method to improve or replace the traditional proofing? The best solution for digital proofing instead of traditional proofing is getting more and more attention.
The so-called digital proofing is a kind of proofing technology that directly outputs electronic manuscripts after being digitally processed in electronic publishing. It uses digital format printers to directly output proofing to replace traditional film making and printing. Proofing process flow. Compared with the traditional proofing, digital proofing has the following advantages: In terms of quality, digital proofing automated imaging technology has changed the traditional proofer's use of manual ink and adjust the pressure, the effect is very unstable situation, increased color stability and Objectively analyze reliability; in terms of cost, digital proofing is about one-third of that of traditional proofing; in terms of efficiency, production speed, multiple simulation capabilities, and multiple format capabilities are clearly enhanced, and digital proofing is fast in imaging. Digital printers can complete a high-quality half-page layout within 20 minutes, while traditional proofing generally takes 30-40 minutes. The color gamut expressed by most digital proofers (that is, the full range of colors that can be expressed by a device) is richer than ink. In addition to the digital proofing system that can simulate the output of an output medium, it can also provide different output. Need to automatically adjust the color of the image in the file, so that the operator does not need to be modified to truly achieve an automated workflow. All of these are not completed by traditional proofing.
At present, some users have begun to use digital proofing, and they are pursuing speed, stability and cost effectiveness. It is with the strict requirements of these users that digital proofing is gradually becoming popular as a new technology, which is of great significance for improving prepress work efficiency and customer satisfaction. It can be said that digital proofing has broad application prospects in the market, and there will be more and more cases of using digital proofing instead of traditional proofing. Especially in the publishing and advertising industries, the demand for digital proofing will be even greater. Therefore, digital proofing instead of traditional proofing will certainly become a new trend in the proofing market.
However, digital proofing is not the terminator of proofing. People's needs drive the concept and technology of proofing to continue to deepen and develop.
Design proofing, want to play digital proofing instead of traditional proofing, optimize the proofing speed, quality and cost issues. However, for those who are specifically engaged in design, they still have to run the output center, and they are not allowed to spend time on the proofing but also spend time on the road. Because the current large-scale equipment is still relatively expensive, generally only professional output centers can be used. Can there be several export centers in one street? A commercial center is just a few decent output centers. People's needs have not been met. The proofing work must be improved. Thus, when people have just come into contact with large-format color printing, and think that the era of proofing has already been completed, the Yangtze River will push its waves and another era will come out. It is to "design proofs!"
Large-format, high-quality, and high-speed, once these advertising design companies pursue their goals, they must develop in a more rationalized direction so that this technology can benefit more customers. Regardless of whether it is a direct customer for proofing or an intermediary service provider, proofing technology (products) is an inevitable process from conception to initial implementation to popularization, and they will definitely demand that this technology (product) be able to be used in an ordinary manner. Integrate into life and work. In fact, more and more people are thinking about how to move digital proofing into the office, designing it at any time, proofing at any time, eliminating all intermediate steps, and saving time and money!
The premise for digital proofing to enter the ordinary office is nothing more than the actual demand and the possibility of technology realization. In terms of actual needs, on the one hand, professional design agencies must increase the autonomy of proofing. On the other hand, more and more companies and individuals must build their own office automation environment. They will be proofed that this is a professional process. Link to your own office and other needs. The entire printing market tends to be diversified and personalized. The demand for corporate tenders, project books, leaflets, and personal printing products is also growing. Independent proofing, flexible proofing, and the use of a proofing machine are just as convenient as operating a printer. An inevitable trend. From the perspective of the possibility of technology realization, some powerful manufacturers have already seen this market very thoroughly, and technological breakthroughs hardly require any effort. It is the existence of these two premises that design proofing was born.
To make the large-format printer compact, the output format is narrower, of course, the price is also cheaper, so that many design agencies, ordinary companies and individuals can use it, really achieve design at any time proofing, that happy It's not just designers - the market is big enough to compare with the press publishing system market.
What is design proofing? In the current proofing, digital proofing can be divided into design proofing, color proofing, and dot proofing according to various effect requirements. Can color proofing be introduced into the design studio to achieve design proofing? In fact, designers can design proofing with a narrow digital printer. Digital proofing system is generally composed of hardware and software. The hardware is mainly a large-format printer using inkjet technology (such as HP's HP DesignJet 5000 large-format printer), and the software is mainly developed for digital proofing RIP software (such as: Kim Ho's Express Color RIP color management software) . The large-format printers currently on the market are large in size and high in price. If the format is reduced to a narrow one and the cost is reduced, people can afford digital proofing machines and digital proofing machines. For example, some organizations have strict requirements on the design of designs, and each layout usually needs to be modified several times in the production process. This type of users has already started using digital proofing as a proofing proof. In the process of modification, first use digital proofing, and then do the traditional proofing after the modification is completed. This will not only facilitate repeated modification, but also save the proofing cost. In the newspaper photo album, people have already used A3 format printer output, very convenient. We have every reason to believe that a narrow digital proofer will surely keep pace with it.
If this naivety comes, then we will describe a graphic designer's prepress process:
When the designed pattern is more realistically displayed in the computer, a narrow-width digital proofer is connected, and the proofer prints out the sample at the speed of an almost normal printer; after careful inspection and comparison, the defects are corrected one by one, so , and then start the proofing machine, and then make a sample. If the sample still looks unsatisfactory, modify it and print it again.
Perhaps people will worry about the cost of printing, but the cost of a narrow format digital proofer will be negligible compared to this convenience. In fact, both the purchase cost and the color cost of printing are relatively low. The price of a narrow format digital proofer is certainly much cheaper than the large format proofer used in the output center. What is the cost of the sample? As we mentioned above, the cost of digital proofing at the output center is similar to the cost of traditional proofing: if you provide four samples for users and eight proofs for example, traditional proofing requires 50 yuan, and digital proofing The cost of proofs is about 10 yuan, and four sheets are about 40 yuan. How is the speed? Large-format digital printers can print up to 7 square meters per hour and up to 52 square meters per hour. Do not forget, this speed may be the speed of all proofing work, no need to copy the disk, do not have to run east and west, all in a short time!
After this day comes, proofing will no longer need to go to the output center. The designer's office is the "output center."
Who wins the crowds? Many companies have seen the prospects for digital proofing and design proofing, as well as huge business opportunities. They have invested a lot of human and material resources in research and development. As far as digital proofing is concerned, it is the result of comprehensive application of technologies such as computer technology, color printing technology, and color management. At present, there are many domestic digital proofing systems such as BestColor digital proofing system, CGS digital proofing system and Hewlett-Packard-Jinhao digital proofing system. There are mainly domestic digital proofing systems developed by Peking University. Among these digital proofing systems, the most widely used large-format color inkjet printers are manufactured by Hewlett-Packard and Epson, with a print resolution of 1200 dpi. The print accuracy and print quality are comparable to print and even exceed the print quality; the print format can be achieved. A0 is even bigger and can adapt to the requirements of various types of printing format.
As a world-renowned provider of computing and imaging solutions, Hewlett-Packard has a unique ability to predict and analyze the market. HP sees that traditional printing cannot meet the company's growing printing needs, and it has introduced a digital proofing system that best suits the needs of businesses. HP-Jinhao Digital Proofing System is in Industry Standard
Design proofs as you like
Proofing is the eternal pain in the heart For the advertising company to design, for newspapers and magazines to do beautiful editing, proofing is difficult to open the trouble: in the company will be designed according to the plan (before proofing it can only be imagined) After the design is completed, the removable disk is used to copy the output center, and then the film is output. Waiting for the last hour to play out the sample, East, West look, color, text and other elements once there is a slight change, we must re-correction, and then re-launch. It is absolutely impossible for this cadre to be busy and not to spend half a day or one kung fu.