What is printing plate making

Printing plate making is one of the pre-press processes, the traditional plate making process compared to other processes, the degree of automation is relatively low, more manual processes, mainly dependent on the experience of the operator.

Printing plate making process: folding and cutting, folding and collating, folding and folding, folding and sunning, folding and punching, folding and fixing, folding and checking the quality of collating, folding and calculating the number of plates.

Folding editorial factors affecting the quality of the printing plate: folding the concentration of developer, folding the temperature of the developer, folding the time of development, folding the cycle of developer, folding the developer to make up, folding the baking plate.

The traditional pre-press plate making process is more complicated, at present, the vast majority of newspapers and periodicals printing presses have basically realized the upgrade of digital plate making technology, the traditional plate making process has become a supporting role, it will certainly withdraw from the booklet printing process, was replaced by CTP collocation technology.