the combination of digital fabrication and Member Cards

　　Many years ago, precisely in 1994-1995, many people believe that digital systems cards and membership cards produced there is a threat, especially for the screen system, making cards and membership cards, the more a afraid of threats. Within 5 years of digital fabrication and membership cards will be produced to annex Screen production system cards and membership cards, and even the Americans and Europeans believe that. Fortunately, facing this situation, there are other pragmatic, far-sighted people, such as the European Screen Printing Association (FESpA) and the Screen Printing Association (SGIA) Screen Printing of these the highest professional organizations, they identify and propose the best solution for the internal organization of their associations, integrated large format digital system produced cards and membership cards, and then in their own system of cards and card production plant combined with a digital system, making cards and membership cards, and so that the digital system produced cards and membership cards will not screen the system produced cards and membership cards in front of fierce competition. I remember a number of international seminars and exchanges at the meeting, including the 1996 Lyon FESpA exhibitions, some of the digital system produced cards and membership cards practitioner has to statistics, they claim, the survey results show that digital fabrication and membership card production system of cards and other card production process (mainly the web version of the system cards and membership cards production) of the positions in front of the expansion will be a breakthrough, but they forget the following three points:

　　 1. As the system of cards and membership cards, such as production of the first conversion rate, or drops of the jet speed in the mechanical and physical constraints, the digital system of cards and card production technologies will eventually at some point or will soon reach the limit ;

　　 2. They often claim that the digital system of cards and card production system to achieve a high production rate cards and membership cards, but forget the actual system of cards and card production resolution is only 50dpi or 72dpi. Suppose the system to reach production pOp cards and membership cards required quality, that is 300dpi or 600dpi, system cards and membership cards will have to slow down the production rate of 6 to 12 times, 600m2 / h speed becomes 100m2 / h or 50m2 / h. In the Web version of the system cards and membership cards produced for the quality of our customer is 300L / inch (120L/cm), often 610dpi, photo-like quality we need, compared to digital systems cards and membership cards produced too slow;

　　3. Many digital systems cards and card production process requires the use of the printing material must be pre-treatment, while cards and membership cards in the system after fabrication, but also for a special finishing process, in order to the system card and membership card system works effect of mechanical and physical protection of the role of technology in these finishing or coloring agents used in inks are very expensive, and finishing process will increase the system card and membership card production cost of the product. In addition, they also ignored the screen system of cards and card production process can be so fast to respond in the following areas.

　　1). Net version of the system cards and membership cards produced with offset printing and other system cards and membership cards as production technology, full use of the advantages of digital, pre-production process of their membership cards quickly realized all digital.

　　 2). Net version of the system card and membership card production technology developed graphics card and membership card production system, large-format multicolor system card and membership card making machine and computer to plate system, network system, and the overall improvement and improved Screen production system of cards and card technology, products, equipment and productivity. As a result, in 1996, 100 copies printed pieces with a digital system for live card and membership card production is relatively cheap, and by 1990, the digital system produced more cards and membership cards printed in the economy dropped to 50, Screen production system of cards and membership cards quickly recaptured a large part of the lost market. The present situation is not as upbeat as they predicted, screen cards and card production system in Europe and other parts of the world have reached relatively stable. For many stencil production system card and membership card industry, the digital system produced cards and membership cards have become their necessary complement of business. Digital system, making cards and membership cards for the network version of the system have been cards and membership cards accepted production industry, its existence is no longer seen as a threat, but a very significant opportunity, this is our system of cards and Screen Why make business card into the digital system must be cards and membership cards produced in the field of reason. Let us now discuss the system of cards and membership cards of digital production market. For the digital system produced cards and membership cards market, my view is that some medium-sized screen system, making business cards and membership cards or signs manufacturers, they are about 20 to 40 employees, with a number of semi-automatic and fully automatic Screen production system of cards and card production lines for their choice of digital system card and membership card production technology should be a system of piezoelectric inkjet card and membership card making machine, not the hot jet aircraft. Thermal inkjet machine too restrictive, it can only be some of the traditional printing materials card and membership card production system. However, 50% of the piezoelectric inkjet system card and membership card making machine uses solvent ink, there are environmental problems.

　　I have Italian friends suggested that the best purchase of advanced UV technology, piezoelectric inkjet printers, the system can the system in a variety of printing materials produced cards and membership cards, membership cards and membership cards produced before production After the printing material without the need for specialized treatment.

　　This is a digital system of cards and membership cards as a significant progress in production technology, excellent system adapted to the screen card and membership card production needs of the industry, enabling them to offer more services, without any environmental problems. For an investment of 1.5 million small-scale version of the system network card and membership card production plant, production operations to no pollution, no additional drying device, card and membership card must be produced only after the first UV curing system. You must know, in the ultra-large format (width 4 ~ 7m above) the operation of the market, it means that your investment at least 70 million investment potential for some large companies, this figure is very conservative. In this case, you need to do a lot of business operation. System cards and membership cards need to produce a wider system of 30m2 or card and membership card system works for most clients only once a year, only one year of production your business, your sales staff should provide you with 200 to 300 new customers. Conversely, if your investment in digital technology to minimize, at 20,000 U.S. dollars the following, in this case, you can only make the system cards and membership cards in the 135cm width of living conditions below, the system cards and membership cards produced fast enough quality levels in the next and so on, but it will help you to your existing customers or new customers. This digital system of cards and card making machines can only use solvent inks (Unfortunately, more than 50% volatile matter), the digital system of cards and card making machine behind the screen system using the cards and membership cards the production of traditional infrared drying device (IR) or a jet dryer. Of course, there are environmental problems.