Developments in digital print standardization

Christos Trochoutsos, A. Politis
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Digital Printing has been established as one of the most rapidly evolving printing processes since its first introduction in 1982. In the years that followed, digital printing became the one significant new technology for print media production. Digital printing is continuously changing the print media landscape. Although, DP creates structural changes in production workflow and processes, it lacks in terms of print standardization, compared to offset printing for example, where consistent aim values and guidelines apply by means of ISO 12647-2. This drawback basically depends on two factors, which are interrelated. Firstly, there are many different technologies that are used in digital printing, and, each of them shows substantial difference in printing technology, substrates, data preparation, process control and image quality requirements. Secondly, compared to conventional printing, some digital printing technologies are still developing. After all, digital printing is versatile and variable in every way and cannot be standardized under a single standard. A research on the digital printing technologies, processes and workflows is needed, to determine if a print specifications and quality controls (among them color management), can be applied in Digital Printing, and if possible, to which segment. Since color is very important to printing, especially in packaging and marketing applications, the print evolution demands for matching colors across technologies, substrates, materials and colorants. This paper intends to reveal the present status regarding Digital Printing Standardization. The question posed is whether standards can be applied and in which segments of digital printing either as technology or print sector (commercial decoration, packaging). Within the paper, an analysis of the current industrial typical guidelines ranging from data creation all the way to printing will be made. Guidelines that are determined either by the manufactures of the digital printing machines, or by Institutes, such as FOGRA are reviewed for output process control and colour fidelity. As such, this paper can be regarded as a first attempt to preview the basis where standardization for digital printing processes can be developed.
数字印刷标准化的发展
自1982年首次推出以来,数字印刷已成为发展最快的印刷工艺之一。在随后的几年里,数字印刷成为印刷媒体生产的一项重要的新技术。数字印刷正在不断改变印刷媒体的格局。虽然DP在生产工作流程和过程中产生了结构性变化,但与胶印相比,它在印刷标准化方面缺乏,例如,胶印通过ISO 12647-2应用一致的目标值和指导方针。这一缺陷主要取决于两个相互关联的因素。首先,数字印刷中使用了许多不同的技术,每种技术在印刷技术,基材,数据准备,过程控制和图像质量要求方面都有很大差异。其次,与传统印刷相比,一些数字印刷技术仍在发展中。毕竟,数字印刷在各个方面都是通用的和可变的,不能在单一的标准下标准化。需要对数字印刷技术、过程和工作流程进行研究,以确定印刷规格和质量控制(其中包括色彩管理)是否可以应用于数字印刷,如果可能的话,应用于哪个部分。由于颜色对印刷非常重要,特别是在包装和营销应用中,印刷的发展要求在技术、基材、材料和着色剂之间匹配颜色。本文旨在揭示数字印刷标准化的现状。所提出的问题是标准是否可以应用,以及数字印刷的哪些部分是技术或印刷部门(商业装饰,包装)。在本文中,将分析当前工业的典型指导方针,从数据创建一直到印刷。由数码印刷机制造商或由FOGRA等机构确定的指导方针,对输出过程控制和色彩保真度进行审查。因此,本文可以看作是第一次尝试预览的基础上,标准化的数字印刷过程可以发展。
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