CTP is not limited to special size magazines or books. It has penetrated into various applications. CTP has become a universal tool for any type of operation.
BLP Print Solutions is a member of the field who has won multiple awards for his innovative insights and passion for problem solving. The company believes that the difference between them and other traditional printers lies in the experience and experience of the IT industry and logistics, which has helped them increase the scope of services, including commercial printing, direct mail services and packaging services.
Initially, the company's prepress center was powered by a Mac drive, a B2-sized Linotronic 460 imagesetter, who could manually make plates for Cromarting proofing. In 1998 they introduced a B1 size Signasetter Pro, but still used film. The experience of the B1 size Signasetter Pro laid the foundation for their good introduction of the CTP process. Because they use UV printers, baking plates are often needed.
common problem
As Stephen Dobinson, Technical Director, put it this way: “We use a UV printer, so we need to bake. The B1 Signasetter Pro platesetter allows us to convert Capricorn plates into Fuji VPU plates, which do not require baking. , and thus solved many of the common problems in UV printing production, such as downtime, baking gray, etc."
“The VUP plate can save us 20 hours of on-board production time per month, and can reduce the wastage rate of the plate. After deciding to introduce the CTP process, how to adapt well to the original digital process and the production methods on the printing press become It's very important."
Mr. Dobinson added: "First of all, this is just to avoid bottlenecks, not clear them."
Fuji Stephen's technical expert Mark Stephenson said: "The CTP system evaluation is very important, because the newly installed equipment must be well integrated with the original system, including the phototypewriter and proofer. We should improve the photosetter Instead of simply replacing them, to better adapt to electronic processes and train employees, the entire workflow not only allows BLP to produce plates more efficiently, but also includes films, digital proofs, and more."
"The system must be part of the thermal technology because we are using a UV printer. There are also a lot of practical issues concerning the placement of the platesetter."
Fujifilm's solution
"BLP chose Fujifilm's solution because it had experience with VPU plates, and they knew that the Brillia plates were also used in other suppliers' CTP systems."
Fujifilm strongly recommends the Luxel T-9000CTP plate-making machine because it guarantees consistent plate quality, does not require baking, and uses the Valiano Rampage Rip. Once RIP, multiple output. RIP-compatible Postscript 3 can also drive folio, four- and eight-port image-setters, plate-making machines and a variety of output devices from other manufacturers.
Mr. Dobinson said: “In the United States, Rampage is widely used in the editing of brochures, and many users are considering starting to use it. This means that we produce more and more booklets. This kind of RIP also allows us to continue Use our carton production software to continue to serve our packaging customers."
After Blp conducted a series of 16 months of testing of multiple plates on a series of thermal devices, they decided to use T-9000, a thermal CTP device. In two weeks, they successfully integrated the new system with the original process and plate.
Dobinson said: "Using the Rampage process means that we have an open work platform, so the newly installed system can support the original equipment. This means that we can integrate all devices, whether Agfa or Linotype or Canon's products.
“Our goal with the CTP process is to produce plates that can be used for printing in the shortest possible time. Since the introduction of CTP, our platemaking time has been greatly reduced. This is critical to our production conditions because For India and India, which have fewer than 100,000 print jobs, material management and production requirements are conditional on time."
"This is the reason that we decided to abandon the use of plates that require baking, thermal CTP has further promoted this development."
The ability to punch holes in online plates and generate CIP3 data in RIP can help users better implement color management. In terms of print quality, the thermal plate can accept more ink, which means that the smooth curve of the vignette can be guaranteed, even for B1 size sheets. Compared to the material obtained by the CTP process, the curve of the text may cause some troubles for various levels of materials. However, for all types of products, BLP companies strive to obtain consistent and consistent quality, and customers also accept their services.
If the BLP company is not representative enough, then John Price & Sons at the Bilston printing plant represents the situation of many printing houses in the UK.
John Price & Sons, a medium-sized printing company based in Bilston, has grown in size. They used a five-color B2 printer and a SRA2 four-color printer to produce commercial prints, which were highly praised for quality. They can carry out various post-press processing in their own factories, including cutting, creasing, folding, bookbinding, and cutting.
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