ECRM plate making and photo arrangement technology

The world today has entered the digital era. This means that our working methods are shifting from traditional printing to digital solutions. In recent years, computer-to-plate (CTP) technology has become increasingly mature and has become the hottest topic in the printing industry.

The direction of the printing industry in the coming years can be determined by studying the close relationship between commercial printers and their customers. It is this relationship that has driven the continuous development of commercial printing companies.

Commercial printers are always required to meet the different needs of their customers. Therefore, the development direction of a company is largely influenced by its customers. In fact, over the past 30 years, 95% of all changes in the commercial printing field that we have seen were driven by customers of commercial printers rather than the printing companies themselves.

Despite the potential for advanced commercial printing, it is still the most difficult job today. Each business is not the same and the tight competition in working hours is fierce but the customer's requirements have never been reduced.

Year after year, customers of all printers are constantly requesting lower and lower prices of printing products. Faster and faster speeds. Higher and higher printing quality. Therefore, more economical, faster and better quality is the demand of the printing industry. Printing companies that can meet these requirements will continue to grow and prosper or they will not be able to compete.

Under such strong pressure, commercial printing companies will look for devices that can truly provide value and bring profits. This value will stem from adopting a complete set of digital processes to meet the more stringent requirements of price, speed, and quality. This shows that the full digital workflow including CTP technology and digital proofing technology is the future direction of commercial printing companies.

The Tiger cat and Wildcat computer-to-plate systems introduced by ECRM in 1999 are tailor-made for commercial and publishing printing. Both devices have adopted ECRM's patented holographic imaging technology and automatic plate making technology so that users can not only fully enjoy the convenience of computer-to-platemaking technology, but also can get U investment reports in a short time.

ECRM's patented holographic imaging technology uses a holographic mirror to generate five beams of imaging lasers for a four-fold increase in exposure speed. In addition, the new inner drum structure is more advantageous than the traditional drum design in that the dry plate can quickly and accurately transmit a maximum resolution of 3556 dPI. Digital files directly image more clear and sharp highlights and dark tone performance better.

The Tigercat and Wildcat direct plate-making system can easily realize full-automatic printing, punching, automatic bending, and punching so that the entire digital process can be seamlessly integrated with a supply of 25 sheets or 400 sheets.

It is worth mentioning that the latest debut MX XL series is based on the same technical design format wider speed faster output more flexible. The XL series is available in three models to meet the needs of users of various print volumes. One Vickers XL output speed of 100 / hour Wei Bao XL80 up to 180 / hour Wei Bao XL240 up to 240 / hour.

In addition, ECRM's DesertCat 8 (Leopard) is the most value-added open-face thermal direct plate-making system on the market and can be equipped with proofing function. Its thermal imaging technology has the unparalleled worry of imaging in the traditional way. The advanced multi-beam infrared diode thermal laser head ensures clear and vivid image output with excellent quality and color. Dese. The tCat 8 thermal recording head features a magnetic levitation design coupled with an advanced external drum structure that enables the image to be accurately transferred to the surface of the printing plate vividly reproduced on a plate with a photosensitivity wavelength of 830 urn.

The DesertCat 8's outer drum design allows the optical head to be as close to the imaging plate as possible to reduce laser diode costs and increase imaging speed for effective control of spot intensity and position. In the same way as the printing machine, the mouth plate is positioned on the outer drum wall and the positioning pin is used to ensure that the plates of different thicknesses can be easily imaged. The precision loop control device can accurately position the imaging head to achieve true color effects with repeatability of up to 0.0002 inches. These features enable accurate registration of images from the plate to the press, shortening the production cycle, and streamlining the printing workflow.

The maximum power of the thermal print head exceeds the power required for multiple plate outputs. Therefore, the Dese, tCat 8 can meet the power requirements of any plate output and the service life of the recording head is much higher than other similar products. Even if the diode fails, DesertCals can continue to work at a lower speed until the diode is replaced.

DesertCat 8 uses a patented “print pad” for quick and easy imaging with multiple plate sizes. It is a high-level, high-flexibility direct plate making device for commercial printing organizations. DesertC. t 8 can output digital real proofs in addition to the output printing plates. The image integrity can be guaranteed more than a simple proofing system.

DesertCat 8 is backed by an efficient workflow to support its high-quality plate and proofing output and proven reliability and flexibility to enable commercial printing organizations to appreciate the advanced convenience of direct platemaking.

The printing industry is a complex process chain with numerous quality links, but with the ECRMWMAX workflow you will find it very convenient. The software has a unique drag-and-drop interface. The operation is simple and easy. More than 20 different templates can automatically complete the proofing, output of the optimal resolution output FPS and POF flooding proofing imposition trapping, preflighting and other workflows and can run through Harlequln RIP. PDF and POStSC. IPt3 and other text formats to meet the needs of each commercial printing organization. If PrePs 4 0 imposition software and MAX workflow integration platform can achieve a highly complete and automated production process. Preps has many advantages such as adapting to a wide range of inputs, flexible interactive work previews, built-in color separation systems, and automatic processing of PDF files.

You may ask CTP and digital printing are the trend of the times so what position does the laser image-setter have in the market? 7 I'm sure the printing organization will continue to purchase laser imagesetters for at least 5-10 years. But there is no doubt that CP has become a viable technology in the past few years. Many commercial printers realize that they do not have a competitive advantage if they do not own CTP. It can be predicted that in the near future, as the CTP price continues to decrease, the number of CP users will increase substantially.

As far as digital printing is concerned, although its development and popularity are not as fast as people originally expected, there are indeed many printers that are using digital printing and have achieved considerable profits. This illustrates the simple fact that some print jobs only have Use digital printing technology to complete.

Finding the right production tool for the right business at the right time Three solutions for laser imagesetter CTP and digital printing should have their own right place in the image field and even for the same commercial printing organization.

About the Author

He is currently the vice president of ECRM Corporation in the United States and is responsible for the worldwide promotion and sales of ECRM products.

He graduated from business planning and management at Lesley College in Massachusetts, USA. He was the sales and customer service manager of Pitney Bowes in the US and joined ECRM in May 199O. In the past 10 years, he has held key positions in the company's customer service and sales department, and has more than 15 years of extensive experience in product sales, promotion, customer service, and support.