When Offset Meets The Digital Revolution How Does Kodak CTP Make Printing Smarter?

When Offset Meets the "Digital Revolution": How Does Kodak CTP Make Printing Smarter?

Today we are going to talk about the "traditional and rebellious" field of the printing industry - the offset printing market. In this era of digitalization, offset printing technology is still strong, but prepress digitization is unstoppable, and the plate-making link behind it has already quietly evolved. Today's CTP (Computer-to-Plate) technology is autonomous driving – more accurate, less labor-saving, and more environmentally friendly.

Today we will only share dry goods: the real pain points of offset printing factories, and how CTP technology can be used in different ways.

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1. The invisible battlefield of the offset printing market: the game of efficiency and cost

In recent years, with the improvement of market requirements for printing quality and delivery speed, printing and packaging enterprises are facing some difficulties:

With the increase of short-run printing, the efficiency requirements are getting higher and higher;

Quality metaphysics: dot control depends on experience, and registration errors may make the printing press strike;

Environmental pressure: The cost of developing waste liquid treatment is high, and the environmental protection policy is tightened.

The core advantage of CTP technology is to use a digital scalpel to accurately cut these pain points:

Time compression: the file is directly connected to the printing plate, eliminating intermediate links, and the plate-making time is shortened by 70%;

Controllable quality: laser imaging accuracy up to 2400dpi, dot error less than 1%, what you see is what you get;

Green transformation: KODAK SONORA anhydrous plates do not require chemical development, and waste liquid emissions are reduced by 90%.

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Second, Kodak CTP's black technology: not only fast, but also smart
Why do many high-end printers around the world choose KODAK CTP? The answer is hidden in three key words:

1. Square light spot: let the printing press have the confidence to "work with your eyes closed".

The circular laser light point of ordinary CTP is like a "brush drawing line", and the edges are easy to blur; Kodak's Square Spot technology is like "laser engraving", with the edge of the dot as sharp as a knife. This technology allows the plate to be more tolerant to the printing environment (humidity, pressure, etc.), and the press can output stably even when shop conditions fluctuate.

Effect measurement: FM screen printing mass production does not overturn, 3D grating and other complex processes are easy to handle

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2. Automated assembly line: let the master drink coffee

The automation design of Kodak CTP can be called "a robot in the room"

Automatic up/down: Say goodbye to manual handling, 24-hour continuous rotation without shouting tired;

Intelligent calibration: temperature compensation and geometric correction are automatically completed, eliminating half an hour of start-up and a whole day of machine adjustment;

Seamless workflow: Linked with PRINERGY's process system, document processing to on-machine printing is completed in one go.

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3. Durable leather: the failure rate is so low that "the sense of presence disappears"

Traditional plate making is prone to problems such as dot expansion and register deviation, while CTP's digital imaging technology can accurately control the shape of dots (such as Kodak's "square light spot" technology) to achieve more than 98% image reproduction, and the printing press can reach the ideal state when it is turned on, eliminating the waste of a lot of debugging paper and ink.

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3. Soul torture: Can Kodak CTP help me make more money?
No matter how good technology is, it will eventually return to the essence of business. Let's do the math:

• Where are the cost savings? Rinse-free plate + low energy consumption design, the cost of a single plate is reduced by 15%;

• How much do you earn for efficiency? The speed of 88 plates per hour makes the printing press "full of food and drink", and the production capacity is increased by 30%;

• Hidden value? The delivery cycle is shortened, and customer satisfaction is UP; Environmental compliance, government inspection is not panicked.

Fourth, the future of offset printing is the victory of digital genes

Kodak CTP is not a cold machine, but uses digital technology to redefine the possibilities of offset printing - allowing traditional printing factories to get rid of the "slow, expensive, tired" label, and turn into an efficient, intelligent and green modern enterprise.