What is a di printing system?

DI printing system has the characteristics of short printing preparation time, fast printing speed (tens of thousands of sheets per hour) and high printing quality, and the market is mainly positioned in printing with a print run of about 5000. It is estimated that about 3/4 of the printing tasks are less than 5,000 copies, of which 1/3 is an urgent task, and it is generally expected to be delivered within 24 hours. This is also one of the great pressures faced by printers in recent years. The printing capacity of about 5000 copies is too large for other types of digital printing machines, but too small for traditional offset printing machines. On the premise of ensuring printing quality and greatly speeding up printing speed, DI printing machine is perfect because it has the advantages of offset lithography and digital printing.

Although DI printing system is developing rapidly at present, its application in China is not ideal. It is understood that many users who use DI equipment in China admit that DI technology is becoming more and more mature and deserves attention or adoption. However, the utilization rate of equipment is generally low, and some users have been idle after purchase, which is almost useless.

The biggest limitation of DI equipment is that the equipment investment cost is relatively high, and another main reason is that the consumables are expensive. According to the survey, an ordinary PS version costs about RMB in 30 yuan, while a set of HaiBaode printing plates used in DI printing machine costs at least 300-400 yuan, and cheaper screen printing plates and Alibi printing plates cost more than RMB 100, which directly affects the printing cost, which cannot be offset by the cost savings of time and materials. Unlike electrostatic and inkjet devices, DI printers cannot print variable data and need to charge a start-up fee. Other digital printing machines can solve short-version live parts with less than 500 sheets. Coupled with unfair competition and price war in the printing market, most enterprises can't afford it, which leads to the loss of advantages of DI printing machines. As far as the current situation is concerned, the DI model will not develop much in China in the next few years.