Benefited from profit in the WTO printing industry

Taiwan Island's Printing Industry Technology Research Center toured Taipei, Tainan and Taichung to hold the "Announcement of Achievements for the Year 2001 and the Explanation Plan for the Year 02". The meeting called on manufacturers to actively invest in technological transformation and upgrading to overcome the market downturn. According to Zhang Zhongyi, general manager of the Research Center, after Taiwan’s accession to the WTO, due to the reduction and elimination of tariff barriers, the printing industry is affected by raw materials such as paper and ink, prepress equipment, and import/export of products. Tariff protection is limited, so the degree of negative impact is less intense. On the contrary, because of the reduction of tariffs, the industry will be able to save a lot of costs in the import of raw materials and machinery and equipment and expand profit margins. Due to the economic downturn, all budgets of the government are affected, but as long as the printing industry can fully demonstrate the technological upgrading needs of technology transfer, personnel training, and technical guidance, it is believed that the government will also strongly support it.

In addition to the achievements of the science and technology projects for the year 01, the Institute of Informatics includes the development of screen color correction software, maps and securities grade certification software, and testing of printability. Zhang Zhongyi stated that in order to be able to accurately preview the colors on the screen during the proofing and printing process, the Research Center cooperates with Shinsei Technology and the Institute of Optoelectronics of the ITRI to perform “color profile generator” and “screen color characterization”. The introduction of technology.

Zhang Zhongyi said that in the past year, the Institute of Informatics has been focusing on the introduction of digital printing processes and the application of technology as the key to the implementation of the program. As the world's printing machinery equipment and forward-looking technology are all vigorously developing in the direction of digital automatic control of the whole plant, and through the Internet to shorten the information delivery time, significantly reduce the cost of manpower and logistics, and move out of the labor-intensive traditional process framework. Therefore, the Inking Center also follows this direction in terms of technical guidance and promotion, and attracts many companies who are interested in using digital technology to improve the quality of their work.