比赛开始了
he2008OlympicswillbegininBeijinginjust
afewweeks.Therearemanyimportantevents
duringtheOlympicSwithsomeofthemost
excitingeventsbeingthebigraces.Theseracesattract theattentionofbillionsofpeoplefromaroundtheworld wantingtosupporttheircountriesathletes.
SimilartotheOlympicsintheprintingindustrythereare currentlymanyimportantandexcitingracesthatareinprogress OFwillsoonbegin.And,thefuturedirectionoftheprinting industrywillbedeterminedbythewinnersoftheseraces. FortheOlympicathletestheresultsoftheracesthattheyare competingincanbelifechangingevents.And.althoughthe printingindustryraceswewillbediscussingarenotOlympic eventstheycanalsobelifechangingeventsforthosewho workintheprintingindustry.
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industryforyearstocome:
1.Offsetprintingversusdigitalprinting
2.PDFversusAFP
3.Inkjetversustonerprinting
Offsetprintingversusdigitalprinting
Thevendorsofoffsetprintingtechnologyareinaraceagainst thevendorsofdigitalprintingtechnologytowinthebiggest increaseinmarketshare.
Theoffsetvendorsfeelthatinkbasedoffsetprintprovides superioroutputqualityandthattheirintegrationofinkjetheads intheirprinterswillprovideenoughvariableprintingcapability tosarisfymostbuyers.Theyhavealsousedtechnologyto reducejobsetuptimeandlabor.Thesefactorsmakeoffset vendorsfeelthattheywilleasilywinthisraceforbiggest ncreasejnmarketshare.
HerearethreeoftheFacesthatwefeelwillaffecttheprintingMeanwhile,thevendorsofdigital
printingtechnologyfeel
会是喷墨从墨粉印刷过渡到喷墨印刷对于己经大量
投资购置墨粉类印刷设备的印刷厂来说会是个很难的
过程
暖结论
在北京奥运会上,有些赛事是长距离的比赛,像
5000米跑;有些是中等长度的,像800米跑有些是短距离
的像200米跑.这同样适用于印刷技术的赛事.
下面是我们关于在此讨论的3种印刷技术比赛的时问
长度的看法.
喷墨对墨粉的比赛就像是200米奥运项目.这是一
个短期的比赛似乎已经以喷墨作为赢家而结束了.
我们认为PDF
对AFP的比赛像800米跑.胜者要
在未来两三年里才能确定.
然而,胶印与数码印刷的比赛就像是5000米赛事.
这将是一个长期的比赛.将花5年甚至可能10年,我们才能
知道哪一方能获胜.
这些印刷业赛事的赢家和输家合起来对于未来将会产
生非常重要的作用.所以现在你可以明白为什么我们说
这些赛事可以影响您的职业生涯就像奥运会可以影响运
动员的体育生涯一样.
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thattheirsuperiorflexibilityinvariableprintingmixedwith thecontinuingimprovementof"nearoffsetquality"oftheir coloroutputisgoodenoughformostapplications.Themove toinkjetversustonerhashelpedreducethecostperpage andtheincreasedspeedoftheirprintersallowforincreased productivity.Thesefactorsmakedigitalprintvendorsfeelthat theywillwintheraceforbiggestincreaseinmarketshare. Sotheraceisonbetweenoffsetanddigitalprintingtechnology Whodoyouthinkthewinnerofthisracewillbe?
PDFversusAFP
PDFstandsforPortableDocumentFormatandAFPstands forAdvancedFunctionPresentation.PDFhasbeenaprimary documentformattingsystemforofficeusersandthosein thegraphicartsindustryformanyyears.AndAFPhasbeen aprimarydocumentformattingsystemusedbydatacenter printersfordecades.InthepastbothAFPandPDFserved differentmarkets—PDFforhighqualitybutlowspeedvariable outputandAFPforlowerqualitybuthigherspeedvariable output.Therewasverylittlecompetitionbetweenthetwo
architecturesinthepast.Butthingsarechangingandtherace isnowon.
AFPwaspreviouslyownedbyIBMbuthasnowtransitioned toanopenstandardarchitecturethroughtheAFPConsortium. TheAFPConsortiumismadeupofmajorhardwareand softwarevendorsinthedigitalprintingindustryandthe objectiveoftheconsortiumistoinsurethatAFPdevelopsinto thebest—of-breedpresentationarchitectureformonochrome andcolorproductionvariabledataprinting.Anadditional objectiveoftheConsortiumisenablingAFPtofullyservethe needsofthegraphicartsandofficeusers.
PDFisanISOarchitecturethatenablesintegrated,end—to—
endPDFworkflowsforprintinggraphicallyrichcontent, includingvariablecontentforpersonalizedpublishing. Adobe'sPDFPrintEngineisbeingpromotedbythemand theirOEMpartnersasthearchitectureofchoiceforbothhigh qualityandhighvolume.Sotheyarepreparingtobedirect competitorstoAFP.
SotheraceisonbetweenPDFandAFP.Whodoyouthinkthe 82p2q}帮飘.毫..|
winnerofthisracewillbe?
Inkjetversustonerprinting
Inthepast,mosthighvolumedigitalprintersweretonerbased. Butinthelastfewyears,inkjethasbecomeagrowingforcein theraceforthebestmarkingtechnology.Inkjetwasshownin almosteveryprintervendor'sstandatdrupathisyear.Inkjet isalsothenewplatformofchoicefortheultrahighvolume printersthatwereannouncedbycompanieslike,Kodak,Ode andInfoPrintSolutions.
Thisraceisonethatseemstobenearinganendanditlooks
likethewinnerwillbeinkjet.Thistransitiontoinkjetfrom tonerwillcreatehardshipsforprinterswhohavemadelarge investmentsintoner-basedprintingtechnology. Conclusion
IntheBeijingOlympics,someeventsarelongraceslikethe 5000meterrace,somearemediumlengthlikethe800meter raceandsomeareshortlikethe200meterrace.Thesalneis truefortheprinttechnologyraces.
Hereareouropinionsregardingthelengthofthethreeprinting technologyraceswehavebeendiscussing.
Theinkjetversustonerraceislikethe200meterOlympic event.Itisashortonethatseemstohavealreadyfinishedwith inkietasthewinner.
WethinkthePDFversusAFPraceislikethe800meterrace asthewinnerwillbedeterminedinthenexttwotothreeyears. However,theoffsetversusdigitalprintingraceislikethe 5000meterevent.Itwillbealongracewhichwilltakefiveand possiblyeventenyearsbeforewefindoutwhichsidewins. Thecombinationofwinnersandlosersoftheseprinting industryraceswillhaveaveryimportanteffectonthefuture. Sonowyoucanseewhywesaythattheseracescanimpact yourprofessionallifeasmuchastheOlympicscanimpactthe sportslivesoftheathletes.
PublicationslikeOutputLinks,DigitalPrin"ngandGraphic CommunicationsWormcanhelpyoukeepaclosewatchontheses importantprintingindustrylacesoverthecomingmonthsandyears.do ?l甏