Analysis on Application of CTP in Newspaper in 2007

In 2007, it was an extraordinary year for the domestic CTP market. According to incomplete statistics, in 2007 the country added more than 300 CTP devices, and the growth rate reached more than 40%. Such high-speed growth shows that after nearly 10 years of brewing, the domestic CTP market has entered a stage of mature development and is in a stage of rapid development.

The rapid growth of CTP installed capacity is the result of mature technology and long-term maturing of the market. However, the most important thing is that the application environment of CTP equipment is more mature. In addition to the decrease in the price of CTP equipment, the prices of plate materials also have After a considerable decline, the printing companies found that the cost of using CTP plate making has been basically the same as that of traditional plate making methods, and with the increase in usage, there is more room for cost reduction. At the same time Fuji, Kodak and other manufacturers in the new plate factory have been put into operation, plate localization production indicates that the future domestic CTP plate material supply will be heavy, printing companies on the plate material prices can have a better expectation. Taking into account the advantages brought by the introduction of the CTP system from the overall production process, many printing companies will use CTP as the first choice for equipment introduction and transformation.

In terms of CTP applications for newspapers, in 2007, 18 new CTP devices were added to the newspaper industry, continuing the momentum of development since 2006, indicating that the CTP application of newspapers has been steadily growing in the past two years. Industry CTP applications also reflect some new features.

Purple laser CTP further strengthens its mainstream position

In 2007, CTP newly added equipment from the technical point of view, the basic use of the purple laser equipment, which Shenzhen Special Zone reported the use of both the violet laser CTP and thermal CTP, in 2007 a bulk purchase of 3; Yangcheng Evening News also Batch purchase of two sets of purple laser CTP; Hebei Daily reportedly used thermal CTP; when it added new equipment, it also chose the mainstream laser violet CTP; Workers Daily purchased CTP equipment again and still chose violet laser equipment; Changchun Daily, Shanghai Securities News and many other users who initially introduced CTP have also chosen the mainstream of the market. Combined with the situation in 2006, the purple laser CTP technology with comprehensive advantages has been increasingly recognized by newspaper printing enterprises. The mainstream position of purple laser CTP in newspaper application has been further strengthened.

Diversified application needs

Although the installed capacity of newspaper CTP equipment does not have a significant increase as in the commercial printing field, we should also see that with the rapid growth of CTP applications in the printing industry, the CTP application has also undergone some changes. Some new needs.

1. Mixed demand for newspapers

With the intensification of competition, more and more newspaper printing plants have started or have begun to enter into commercial printing. Newspaper printing companies have more comprehensive requirements for CTP, and many newspaper printing companies are no longer solely in order to satisfy the needs of newspapers when purchasing CTP. Demand, but need to be able to simultaneously meet the CTP equipment hybrid business model, and even some consider the CTP equipment only for commercial printing, such as the Guangxi Daily News Center, specifically for the commercial rotation and production of flat machine applications supporting the CTP Equipment to improve its own competitiveness.

2. Equipment backup requirements

Based on the particularity of newspaper production, newspaper printers have high requirements for the stability and continuity of production. Therefore, many large newspaper groups have begun to consider more equipment backup requirements when purchasing CTPs. For example, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily purchased three CTP devices at one time. At the same time, more newspaper printing companies that have applied CTP began to seek new equipment for the backup of the original CTP, such as Yangcheng Evening News, Workers Daily, Hebei Daily, etc.

3. The needs of small and medium-sized newspapers

The application of newspaper CTP started from large newspaper groups, provincial newspapers, etc., and extended to industry newspapers and local newspapers. Many local newspapers focused more on CTP devices when updating their equipment, and some of them had already taken actions, such as Shanghai Securities News, Ulanhot News, etc.

The overall solution becomes the focus of choice

In 2007, in the newspaper CTP equipment, the equipment sold by Founder accounted for an absolute majority, reaching as many as 17 units. On the one hand, it benefits from Fang’s coverage of the newspaper market. What is more important is that Founder provides not only CTP equipment, but comprehensive solutions covering CTP equipment, system software and services. For printing companies, the introduction of CTP equipment is not a simple alternative to existing photosetters, but more importantly, the application of CTP equipment, the establishment of a new process, in order to improve production efficiency and quality. Therefore, the performance comparison of equipment is only an important part of the overall solution. Good equipment needs to cooperate with advanced digital work processes and targeted process services to truly function. Because of this, many users such as the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily, Guangxi Daily, and Changchun Daily all chose the entire solution provided by Founder when they introduced CTP equipment.

Founder Electronics, which has served the newspaper industry for more than two decades, has always been committed to providing newspaper industry users with high quality integrated solutions. With the increasing popularity of CTP applications, Founder Electronics has launched its own brand of Eagle CTP after extensive market research and careful preparation. Founder Diaolong CTP is jointly developed and produced with internationally renowned CTP manufacturers. This is due to the fact that domestic newspapers have taken into consideration the actual conditions of prepress equipment operation stability and production continuity as well as the development history of domestic image-setters for many years. After making a cautious decision.

Founder Diaolong CTP uses a high-precision internal drum structure and violet laser technology to fully compete with imported high-end CTP equipment in terms of quality and performance. In terms of speed performance, violet laser equipment has obvious advantages over other types of CTP and can meet the needs of the newspaper's conventional capacity. The application in the commercial market for many years also shows that the violet laser CTP equipment can fully meet the demand for high-end commercial printing; the advantages of high precision and high reliability of the inner drum structure have been fully achieved in the high-end equipment of the Phototypeetter era. verification. Adopting the internal drum structure not only improves the stability of the equipment, greatly reduces the overall maintenance cost and operating risk of the equipment, but also avoids the potential loss of the printing business caused by the CTP shutdown maintenance. At the same time, in order to better serve the newspaper users, Founder strives to create a full set of CRT Longhorn CTP solutions, give full play to its advantages in software and process services, and create high-quality CTP equipment for newspaper users, which is safe and efficient. Digital workflow, comprehensive CTP personalized process services as the main comprehensive digital production process.

Through the analysis of the application of CTP in 2007, we can expect that with the arrival of the Olympic Games, with the rapid growth of CTP in China, the newspaper CTP will also enter the "fast track" of rapid development. The launch of Founder Diaolong CTP has provided a richer choice for many newspaper users, and will certainly help more newspaper users join the ranks of CTP applications and use advanced technology to serve China’s newspaper industry.