What is digital printing?
Digital Printing (Digital Printing) is a simple definition of how to use a file to complete printing. Whether this digital file is obtained from a CD, diskette, network, or other media, it can be printed and reproduced. To further illustrate digital printing, a print job that uses RIP to convert any file format for processing produces a bitmap file for output, which can include short-run unprinted fast prints, such as laser prints, electromagnetic prints, and sprays. Ink printing, direct plate printing machine (DI) and so on.
What kind of digital printing?
Mainly can be divided into: (1) The computer prints the image directly on the paper, such as: Inkjet, dusting, heat transfer. (2) The computer goes directly to the image carrier (print plate, cylinder), eg electrophotographic, electromagnetic, direct on-machine platemaking. According to the printing mode can be summarized as: inkjet, thermal transfer, electrostatic (electromagnetic), digital lithography and other four. The ink jet printing system mainly uses water-based or oil-based inks, and controls the ink amount and diffusion characteristics in the nozzles through a computer to achieve image reproduction effects. The dusting system mainly uses direct printing in which a toner is directly ejected to a recording medium such as paper. Can achieve low-cost, fast and stable high-quality printing. Thermal transfer printing systems are mainly hot wax type and thermal sublimation type. The printing method is to use a computer to control the heat print head to transfer the image or text to the substrate through a wax ribbon or a dye-sublimation printing material. Electrostatic (electromagnetic) printing systems are mainly charged powdery or electrolytic inks that are absorbed on substrates such as paper or plastics. The inks are then heated to melt and adhere to the substrates to form images. A digital lithographic printing machine uses the digital data output from a computer to directly make a plate on a printing press, and then uses a lithographic printing principle to complete the printing.
What is paper digitization?
Using digital technology to create a display media like plain paper is a pretty good idea. Japan has developed a similar type of paper for information display. It can use electricity to erase and rewrite many times of media with heat. However, this kind of rewritable media is not intended to be used as most of the printed matter, but it can be competitive for certain applications of paper. This type of paper can only be used for fuel cards, stored-value cards, etc. Currently, we will wait and see if we still need a period of research and development that can be used to read books such as magazines and books.
What is digital binding?
Stapling refers to the computer to control the adjustment of the binding equipment. The early adjustments of binding and collating, glue mounting heads, and staple thicknesses were all manually adjusted. Most computers now use computers and servomotors, and they only need to input the length, width, and thickness of books, and all matching heads and glues. The loading head can be automatically adjusted at one time, which can save a lot of time, thus increasing the efficiency of changing the binding machine. On-line binding refers to the installation of an automatic binding line behind a laser or electromagnetic printer. This operation is quite efficient. At least, it does not require much change. Therefore, on-line binding can reduce subsequent collation work or manual work to save labor costs. Another benefit of on-line processing is that it ensures the security of individual businesses. The disadvantage is to take into account the different number of printed pages, because most of the binding equipment is several times faster than the speed of the printing machine, that is to say, the book binding equipment is mostly in a waiting state and can not play an investment benefit.
What is the digitization of books?
It may gradually replace books for printed books, or simply eBooks. Such books are downloadable from the Internet to computers, notebook computers, or specific handheld devices. They can be read through a dedicated reader. Users can also bring many of these books to anywhere at the same time in such a thin device. Reading books in electronic form. The most important feature of e-books is that you can buy and read books online anytime, anywhere. The biggest beneficiaries are readers and publishers. The biggest victims are printers and paper mills, because they do not need to be printed, so these factories will gradually be affected. Another feature of e-books is that it breaks geographical restrictions. Before the publication of a previous book, it must be sent to the post office and sent to the subscribers. It usually takes three to five days in the country and more than one week in the international community. If it is a news publication, it cannot meet the timeliness. Then e-books can be instantly sent to all corners of the world.
What is digital bookstore?
When you enter a traditional bookstore, you only see the books on the bookshelf. You do not know where to look for them at one time. The general bookstore will classify the books on the bookshelf, and some bookstores will put the bestsellers in the drapery on the door for customers. Choose. However, bookstores in the future will not see bookshelves, and there are no ready-made books for customers to choose from. It would be strange, then, how to buy books? What the reader sees is a computer on the desk. It is not difficult to imagine how the future e-bookshop will use the device and the network to complete the purchase of books. This new type of bookstore fully utilizes high-speed digital services. Book buyers can find their favorite books on the "search engine" just by sitting in front of a computer and see if they want to buy the book if they want to buy it. Brush your own credit card on the keyboard, then enter the password, press the print button, you can get a new book from the shop's printing and binding online machine in the instant of drinking coffee or coke, convenient and save trouble . This kind of bookstore can sell a wide variety of books, including ancient print books. Of course, building a database of various books is not a simple matter until now.