比赛开始了

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. OUTPUTLlNKS专栏 ll疆辩0:灞舞鹫DPII ByAndy&JutIePlata OutputLinks,GCWandCOPI industryforyearstocome: 1.Offsetprintingversusdigitalprinting 2.PDFversusAFP 3.Inkjetversustonerprinting Offsetprintingversusdigitalprinting Thevendorsofoffsetprintingtechnologyareinaraceagainst thevendorsofdigitalprintingtechnologytowinthebiggest increaseinmarketshare. Theoffsetvendorsfeelthatinkbasedoffsetprintprovides superioroutputqualityandthattheirintegrationofinkjetheads intheirprinterswillprovideenoughvariableprintingcapability tosarisfymostbuyers.Theyhavealsousedtechnologyto reducejobsetuptimeandlabor.Thesefactorsmakeoffset vendorsfeelthattheywilleasilywinthisraceforbiggest ncreasejnmarketshare. HerearethreeoftheFacesthatwefeelwillaffecttheprintingMeanwhile,thevendorsofdigitalprintingtec hnologyfeel 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格式对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. ‘ (:~OutputLinks,《数码印刷》~nqcw这样的出版物.可以 在未来几个月和几年里帮你留意这些重要的印刷业赛事.dp 2008”科印杯”数码印刷作品大奖赛作品征集火热进行中!咨询热线:o7或登陆 WWW.keyin.crl2..8年第7期dp81 ?DPOLJ.rf)LJ1-L-INKS专栏oUTPUTLIN妖Se0LU 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