Experts discuss: What are the difficulties in printing process certification?

Process certification such as G7 and PSO is no longer a strange term for printing companies. As a means to achieve refined production, standardized operations, and standardized international language, various process certifications have become the strength of many printing companies. The necessary "tags" for customers are highly favored by printing companies. Taking the G7 certification as an example, it is reported that China's printing companies have started G7 certification since 2007, and the certified companies have grown from 6 in the current year to 162 today. However, how much benefit can the process certification bring to the printing industry? How should we look at process certification? Where are the difficulties in process certification? How long can this market fire?

Back to the process certification itself. Printing companies can really benefit from down-to-earth process certification. However, as a systematic project, process certification involves a wide range of issues. How can it be passed successfully? Mr. Dong Lei, Director of Prepress Technology Department of Shengyuan Printing Co., Ltd. of Hangzhou Daily Newspaper Group stated that printing companies should not expect to solve some basic problems through process certification and should improve their own production processes and production management. After the time, consider introducing an authentication system. Actors is a good example. Before the PSO certification was passed in 2008, in order to standardize and standardize the company's printing production, Arthurs began printing standardization research in 2004 and established the printing density in the factory. And the value-added standards of outlets have played an important role in the successful adoption of PSO certification.

So, where is the difficulty of printing companies to pass the process certification and maintain the certified process system?

Raw materials bear the brunt. Mr. Chen Xiaogu, general manager of Zhejiang Yingtian Printing Co., Ltd. believes that, on the one hand, many printing companies hope that the lower the price of ink and paper, the better, in order to pursue low costs. Therefore, there is no fixed paper and ink supplier, and this is bound to happen. It has a certain influence on the stability of the entire production process. On the other hand, due to the problem of domestic pulp quality, paper suppliers usually increase the amount of fluorescent whitening agent to achieve the required fluorescence brightness of the standard, which will inevitably affect the color reproduction. In addition, the ink standards for process certification are all based on European inks. However, domestic inks are mostly Japanese inks and domestic inks. Due to differences in these ink characteristics, it is difficult for Chinese printing companies to meet relevant standards in process certification. Under such circumstances, in order to reduce the impact of ink on the printing quality and printing process, Zhejiang Yingtian cooperates with fixed ink suppliers to tailor ink according to the company's own situation. Although Zhejiang Yingtian did not require process certification, its own standard system construction has fully complied with the relevant requirements of the process certification. Passing the process certification will be a breeze.

In addition, Wang Qiang, dean of the School of Digital Media and Art Design at Hangzhou Dianzi University, said that the understanding and acceptance of process certification by the operating personnel of printing companies is also very important. The production of traditional printing companies is often empirical, and process certification requires that all production is based on data. Only the operators of printing companies can fully understand the procedures, principles, data requirements, implementation methods, and tool operation methods of the process certification, and they can effectively perform the production of products that meet the process certification requirements. In the implementation of the G7 process, Shengyuan Printing has specially invited experts to conduct weekly G7 certification seminars for members of the core team such as prepress, printing and craftsmanship, so that everyone can receive and recognize the G7 certification ideologically, and wait until the G7 certification. On that day, all operators were fully aware of the preparations they had to make and the requirements they had to meet. The certification process was quite successful; in the future production, the relevant methods and standards for process certification can also be effectively implemented. At the time of the first certification, Attos selected a group of outstanding employees, deepened their training, developed it as a “PSO training specialist,” and thoroughly implemented the PSO concept throughout the company.