Top 10 Reasons for Selecting Laser Imagesetters and CTPs

Ten Reasons Why Domestic Users Still Like Phototypesetters

First, the machine price
The CTP pre-sale price includes the cost of new product marketing and promotion. The cost of the previous development and operation does not result in a higher production cost before large-scale mass production. As a result, the current selling price of the CTP is still lower than that of the photosetter of the same grade. Too high.
Second, machine performance Phototypesetter After more than 20 years of development, the technology has been fully mature. However, CTP is still in a period of perfect development, with imperfect functions, unsatisfactory speed, and many internal flaws in its internal structure and principles. These factors are difficult for people to identify with.
Third, the cost of consumables and technology The more important thing for CTP is the cost of consumables. Generally, the output of the output center in the general benefit film is at least higher than the photocopying mechanism price. The film's technology has also seen great development in recent years. The film technology also promotes the photo-composing machine to a higher level.
Fourth, process requirements At present, the film can be corrected in the printing, proofing and other processes and imposition and other work. CTP is not as flexible as the film due to the direct printing version. The simplification of the process inevitably requires an increase in technological complexity.
V. National Conditions China is undergoing a capital accumulation phase. When the quality of printing plate making, the overall awareness, and the requirements are not high, each output center is based on the premise of minimizing costs, and competes with low-cost competition for customer resources as a means to squeeze competitors. The ambition of survival is to achieve the purpose of integration and optimization of unemployed, and a large-scale price war is played. In this case, if the output center introduces high-cost CTP, most of the economic benefits will not be too good.
VI. Service System Generally, the manufacturers of Photographicsetters currently have offices in the country. They have perfect after-sales service systems and specialized personnel. The price of accessories is relatively low. Engineers can provide timely and effective services for domestic users. At present, many CTP vendors will face enormous market competition and opportunities. The risk brought by this uncertainty will eventually be passed on to the end users of the equipment.
VII. Personnel Quality After many years of development and use, there are many people who are familiar with the operation of the imagesetter, and there is a wealth of peripheral knowledge and training systems that make the training and use costs of an output staff very low. However, CTP's requirements for employees have improved. After all, the price gap of a set of four-color films has always been elusive.
Eight, RIP interface due to the special nature of the Chinese use of the environment, newspapers and other special needs, often have some requirements for the CTP RIP interface, the development of various RIP interfaces, through color management, to achieve the same RIP on different principles of the model Consistent performance is necessary for CTP to be widely used in China.
IX. Size of Enterprises Although there are a large number of printing companies in China, most of them are SMEs, and the competitive environment is cruel. CTP cannot meet the requirements for small and medium investors to repatriate their investments as soon as possible, and the market risks are high.
X. The impact of other alternative technologies is the predecessor to the CTP: Direct presses will be a big hotspot in the next decade. Various direct printing prototypes and concept machines on Drupa this year may cause the CTP to end prematurely. ; After the tiger: Phototypesetter is the most prosperous period. The CTP sandwiched between the two did not have the advantages of low cost and high flexibility that were apparent when the photo-taking machine replaced the electric extension, and it was difficult to avoid difficulties.

Ten advantages of CTP

1. Improvement of CTP Currently, all the phototypewriter manufacturers are fully developing CTP. The CTP has a great similarity in principle and structure with the photo-composing machine, which makes the CTP achieve the productivity of the current photo-setter is only a matter of time. The price and service will be greatly improved.
2. Consumables costs Plate prices will be significantly reduced with intense competition, economies of scale, technology, and customer maturity. The average profit rate is an inevitable choice for society.
3. Quality of practitioners After the introduction of computers in the entire printing industry, with the entry of high-quality personnel, there are a large number of young people in the industry who can quickly absorb and master new technologies, and the fierce market competition has made this industry a better person. Business awareness.
4. The newspaper industry urgently needs the newspaper industry to pay great attention to timeliness and requires high-speed output. The CTP can undoubtedly extend the paper publishing time by at least half an hour. Based on a large number of printed newspapers, the proportion of plate making costs in the overall cost is relatively small. The acquisition of time and money can be balanced on the CTP.
5. The fierce market competition in high-end commercial printing makes international printers with high-end commercial printing as the industry's priority. They pay more attention to the quality and speed of plate making, and CTP makes digital printing completely better, with better quality and more exquisite printing effects. Achieved.
6. The entry of international hot money At present, China's coastal areas may become the most promising international printing and processing center.
7. Changes in the structure of China's printing industry after China's accession to the WTO After China's accession to the WTO, the printing industry as a whole will gradually form printing standards and processes that are in line with international standards. The impact of policies on the domestic printing industry is enormous. The development of CTP in China may be from the country. Gradually benefit from the printing industry policy.
8. The influence of China's steady economic growth in the next 8-10 years Printing is the third-largest industry in developed countries in the world. The development space of China's printing industry is undoubtedly huge. At present, China is entering the second period of rapid economic growth, which will allow the printing industry as a tertiary industry to have more than 10% annual growth. This will gradually synchronize the printing of China with the world, and the development of CTP will be the same.
9. The role of economies of scale The domestic printing industry is shifting from small workshops to economies of scale. This is the pressure of the competitive environment. On the other hand, concepts such as branding and corporate image are introduced from the advertising industry which is closer to the bloodline, and the results of economies of scale have resulted. The combination of printing and prepress is even closer, which has made it possible for CTP to further replace the photosetter.
10. Technological Progress At present, the new phototypesetters in China are all large-format, which lays the foundation for the future CTP's large-format version of the computer edition. The CTP lays the foundation for direct printing in the future. The printing industry has developed in this way. Technically there will never be the best, only better.
After the order: For the average user, the phototypesetting machine is the best choice today, CTP is the best choice for tomorrow, the world is changing, only from the development point of view, the progress of productivity is always the perpetual motive for social progress.