Network Printing Application Technology

The name "network printing" first appeared in the late 1990s. It is clear from English that it is not a printing but a printing solution (from the web to printing). In 2007, the definition of network printing in the industry was to generate personalized documents, including business processes, in the printing and media industry in the form of server networking. Network printing is a convenient way to realize printing with the development of network technology and the popularization of network applications. Thomas Mayer, marketing director of BVDM (German Print Media Industry Alliance), said: "The Internet is affecting the printing industry with an unprecedented breadth, especially in the area of ​​prepress and order processing." The current application scope of network printing has included: network imposition printing, digital printing, network on-demand printing (POD), online printer publishing, online proofing output, and network printing.

Network Printing Application Technology

Online printing transforms printing requirements into a set of data information through on-line orders and file uploads. The printing manufacturers directly produce products by standardizing processes and standardizing products. The printing plant can even directly connect the online order to the internal ERP system. From the printing, quality inspection, cutting, binding, packaging, distribution, etc., the corresponding bar code for each order number is compiled, and the infrared scanning of the computer is connected with each link. At last, I transferred to the distribution center, printed the delivery documents, and then waited for the courier company or the post office to pick up the items. In this way, all products are transmitted in the logistics system, reducing intermediate links, simplifying and standardizing the company's operation procedures, improving the efficiency of operations, expanding the scope of product sales and the types of value-added services, and improving the company’s cash flow rate, reducing the The operating cost of the printing factory... This is undoubtedly a kind of transaction form that all printing factories and printing middlemen are very yearning for.

Since 2004[[Derba]], online printing systems offered to customers in Germany, Australia and Switzerland are multiplying every year. The relevant procedures and major systems in the market are developing at the fastest pace. Drupa is the largest exhibition in the printing industry once every four years in Düsseldorf, Germany, with hundreds of thousands of exhibitors and exhibitors from all over the world. Drupa2008 is even more "drupa for network printing". The world's leading printing solution providers, including: Zipper, Adobe, and Global Image, have proposed software systems or printing solutions based on network printing applications. These include: front-end systems for online ordering and procurement; variable data printing solutions; automation solutions for connecting front-end systems with printing equipment, etc.