Offset Printing Technology Integrates Digital Technology to Promote the Transformation and Upgrading of the Printing Industry

Introduction: Digital printing has become a major trend in the development of the printing industry. However, it is still in the initial stage of development. It is not yet mature and coexists with traditional printing. In this special period, digital printing was developed in conjunction with traditional offset printing to jointly promote the printing industry to create greater glories. Traditional offset printing and digital printing are better or worse? This debate has continued for many years. For printing companies, both offset printing and digital printing are available means. Aside from the vision of offset printing and digital portals, we firmly believe that the integration of offset printing technology and digital printing technology will be the future trend. This is our view of development. At present, it is urgently needed to implement a system integration solution that fully covers market demand, optimizes resource utilization, and maximizes profitability. Combining the productivity and stability of the long-run version of offset printing technology with the flexibility of digital printing and the advantages of processing variable data, it aims to provide users with the most economical, efficient and value-added solutions. Today, toner technology is already the mainstream technology in the commercial digital printing market. The liquid toner technology appeared about 30 years ago, and its principle is similar to that of dry toner. The difference is that sticky toner particles suspended in a low-volatile mineral oil carrier can adhere to the substrate without heating. The last important digital printing technology is undoubtedly ink jet technology. Inkjet technology has a history of more than 100 years. Its working method is to push tiny ink droplets onto substrates. The main push method is thermal foaming technology and the current Popular micro-piezoelectric technology. In the past 10 years, inkjet technology has become relatively fast in the field of digital printing because it has a relatively simple process of toner image formation. Therefore, on the whole, digital printing technology is not so "new". It has been "coexisting peacefully" with traditional offset printing for many years. It has formed a pattern that complements today's traditional printing. For example, before the advent of the CTP in the 1990s, when the proofing was still the case of the traditional reproduction proofing, the printing factory simply did not accept the use of ink-jet printers to make digital samples, but today it is basically digital proofing. The integration of offset printing and digital printing, in addition to the need for powerful hardware system support, is the most critical, and also requires a system to link the entire printing process in series.