In most printing companies, the prepress department is the department that provides printing services for back-end printing. Many printing companies also put digital printing machines in the prepress department. Therefore, there are many types of equipment in the prepress department, and their functions are different. Let's talk about how to manage and maintain the equipment in the prepress department.
Equipment classification
Before the equipment is maintained and managed, the equipment of the prepress department should be classified first, and then the maintenance plan and related management measures should be formulated according to the type and working characteristics of the equipment. At present, the prepress equipment used in the enterprise can be divided into the following categories according to the process flow and equipment functions.
(1) Input devices, including digital cameras, scanners, etc. With the development of digital technology, digital cameras have begun to partially replace the functions of scanners, and some remake of originals can be performed. Of course, scanners play an important role, and the two complement each other.
(2) Graphic image design and production equipment, mainly computer workstations and servers, including PC and MAC machines, for text input, image processing, graphic design, typesetting and so on.
(3) The proofing equipment is divided into a traditional proofing machine and a digital proofing machine. Today, the traditional proofing machine has been basically replaced by a digital proofing machine.
(4) Traditional output devices, mainly laser photo-distribution output machines and punching machines, as well as plate-printing machines and plate-making machines for printing plates. With the promotion of CTP equipment, the usage rate of traditional output equipment in printing enterprises has gradually declined, but most enterprises still retain them as spare or supplements for production.
(5) Direct plate-making equipment, mainly CTP equipment and CTcP equipment, among which photosensitive and thermal CTP equipment generally need a plate-making machine, and flush-free CTP equipment is not required.
(6) Digital printing equipment can be divided into electrostatic digital printing equipment and inkjet printing equipment according to the imaging method, or can be divided into single-sheet digital printing equipment and web digital printing equipment according to the type of paper used.
Establish and implement equipment use and maintenance systems
Most prepress equipment is a precision equipment that has a relatively high environmental and operator requirements. Only if you are good at it, will it work well, as long as you are single-minded about it, it will not be half-hearted. Therefore, the maintenance work should be ensured in place, quality and quantity, so that the equipment will operate normally, the performance can be stable, and the production of the enterprise can proceed smoothly.
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