Web Printing Overview

Network printing is no longer an unfamiliar concept for printing. We can even say that it has developed into a popular printing process solution. Where does the concept of network printing originate from? What is the status quo of development? What is the future development? Where to go.

What is web printing?
Web printing WTP (Web-To-Print) most appeared in the 1990s, it is a printing solution that came into being with the development of network technology. Broadly speaking, all the work processes related to printing completed through the network can be called "network printing", which can include the pre-press process or remote proofing.

The development status of network printing In recent years, network printing has occupied a part of the printing market, and some printing companies need a lot of similar work every day. According to the survey report of InfoTrends in the United States, 66.5% of print buyers are using variable data printing of network printing services provided by internal or external suppliers. In the 2000 survey, this proportion was only 11 %. In addition, nearly 50% of the printing service providers can provide customers with network printing services, and a third of the suppliers intend to increase this service in the next two years, which is only 5% of the printing companies owning network printing in 2000. The situation of the solution has improved significantly. Reports from printing service providers show that online printing orders account for 20% of all their orders.
For domestic, network printing was introduced to China in 2005. Some people in the industry believe that the combination of digital printing and network has eliminated the bottleneck of customer personalization and business business handover, which is another revolutionary breakthrough in the printing industry. According to the current evaluation of domestic industry websites, the online printing market is in a period of full development. Although the domestic market has given a very positive signal, for now, domestic attention to online printing is far less than foreign countries.

Hardware requirements for network printing At present, the application scope of network printing has already included: network imposition printing, network digital printing, network on-demand printing, network printer publishing, online proofing output, network printing and so on. The realization of these functions requires remote data transmission, digital proofing and other technologies and products to assist.
Because network printing needs to be printed according to the different needs of each customer, the requirements for enterprise capabilities in terms of flexibility are very high. Whether it is digital printing or traditional printing, there is a certain demand for hardware, which is also a place that many companies need to consider.
On the other hand, network printing has very strong requirements for network matching. As the name implies, network printing is a printing method in which all intermediate processes between placing orders and receiving orders between customers and printers are carried out through the network. Its printing model establishes an effective management process between the enterprise and its customers, and at the same time saves time, resources, and costs, all of which need to be achieved through a powerful network. Not only to ensure that the network speed matches, but also to ensure that the software provides and services match.

Not only does it look beautiful, whether you like it or not, the era of online printing has arrived, and the reason why online printing can develop so tenaciously is its convenience. In this era of advocating personalized services, it is only to satisfy customers The need for convenience is the trump card. From this perspective, network printing is not a blind follower, but to meet customer needs.
Although online trade is not suitable for all industries, for printing industry, this path is very broad. Some European printing organizations have even established a pure network operation mode in the past ten years, because the self-service of online printing can handle Some simple and repetitive prints, so it has become the first choice of some people in terms of manpower and time.
Web printing itself gives customers more control, allowing them to choose the most convenient way to trade online. All the work starts from the desktop on the computer. There is no need for the service staff of the merchant. The customer's control is saved while saving the merchant's time and money. In this regard, network printing can Said it was a win-win situation.
Many print jobs can only wait for professionals to process before the technology is mature online, and then make prints through color printing machines. At the moment, customers can get pictures from the Internet, design their own photo albums by building a picture library, and then send to the merchant a completed creation, and then the merchant prints the edited PDF to complete the entire process on the Internet. It can be said that online technology has also expanded merchants' products and services to a certain extent.

The market is still in the process of development. Although network printing can handle some commercial prints, for the moment, most projects still belong to the category of personalized printing.
For enterprises, there is a lot of uncertainty in network printing, because they can not see the running status in the middle, which will cause great doubts about the final result, so this method is not easy to be accepted by enterprise customers. It is more willing to accept the traditional printing process which is the mature model, and people are more willing to accept the traditional proofing to see the real effect.

Network printing is more a model than a printing method, a model realized by means of the network, and no matter what specific printing method is adopted, it is just a process of printing. Since the advent of online printing, people in the industry generally believe that with the advancement of technology and the continuous testing of print service providers on online printing, online printing will eventually be accepted by the public. In the development process of network printing, more advanced technology development and innovation are also needed, and the promotion and popularization of new technologies require a process and a certain amount of time. When the technology matures and popularizes, it will not be difficult for network printing to be widely accepted.

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