Network printing and newspaper news editing system (on)

With the continuous development of the network and the continuous enhancement of its functions, there is an increasing need for a powerful, reliable, and intelligent integrated network printing solution. Therefore, in the era of the rapid development of the Internet and specialized networks in various industries, network printing is not a fashion, but a dazzling new role. The publication of the newspaper itself is a work centered on the transmission of information. More and more, it will turn to the Internet for information transmission and network printing. A complete and genuine network printing solution should include three factors: one is a network printer with a perfect network connection function; the second is a printer and network connection device, generally called a network print server; and the third is the management of network printing. software.
At present, when newspapers at all levels use news gathering and editing systems, they must have the following salient features in terms of function and investment in the introduction of print transmission equipment: First, they must have their own newspaper publishing network, and newspaper publishing networks generally include one or two. Grouped local area networks (some newspaper companies include two local area networks of laser photocopying systems configured by mining, editing, scheduling systems, and printing plants, or more), configuring appropriate printing solutions by working groups; second, there are only limited computer management within the newspapers. Professionals or professional computer management professionals do not normally employ part-time or hire equipment in the newspaper company to introduce the company's equipment management personnel to complete the management and maintenance of the printer. Therefore, the printing solution is required to be easy to manage and maintain. Thirdly, newspapers at all levels should be equipped with different printing solutions according to the different needs of different jobs, printing requirements, print speeds, and the print requirements of the working group. Fourth, high efficiency and low cost are the goals pursued by any newspaper company. However, the newspapers at the municipal level have been limited by the limited circulation of newspapers, the limited size of newspaper publishing and distribution, and paid more attention to the cost of print output device configuration and the daily cost.
I. Feasibility analysis of the introduction of network printing in newspaper publishing The newspaper should pay attention to the factors such as printing speed, quality, and use cost when constructing a print output device configuration scheme. This article discusses the feasibility of introducing network printing technology in the newspaper publishing system from the following aspects.
1. printing speed. Print speed is an important aspect of evaluating the performance of a network laser printer. There are many factors that affect the printing speed of laser printers, including the printer's engine speed, the performance of the printer's built-in controller, driver performance, and communication interface performance. According to the print speed of network laser printers, it can be divided into four product levels: 12-17ppm, 18-23ppm, 24-29ppm, and 30ppm. In general, the speed of the engine for a network laser printer in a newspaper publication cannot be lower than 12 ppm.
2. Print quality. Newspapers used in daily office and newspaper publishing are increasingly rich in content. In addition to various types of text, graphic images are also increasing. Although some network printer manufacturers cannot provide 1200×1200 dpi printing accuracy, they are enhanced by images. The way to achieve the output of imitation 1200dpi. Even a laser printer with a lower resolution can ensure the quality of newspaper office documents and the proofreading of manuscripts during newspaper publishing. At the same time, the output of laser imagesetters provided by newspaper printing houses ensures high-quality printing of newspapers.
3. Ease of use. Structure design, and additional function design except the basic printing function and printer communication interface design, such as: whether there is automatic two-sided printing function, whether there is a multi-function feeder, etc.; printer installation, convenience of setting, printer paper processing capability Whether there is paper jam, sticking paper and abnormal noise in the printing process, driver, management software, printing process; whether the paper is flat, whether there is paper curl, whether the paper stack is neat and orderly, and whether it is conducive to binding; Whether the installation and uninstallation of the program is convenient, and whether the function configuration supports watermark printing, combination layout, scale printing, whether the graphics printing options are rich, whether the human-computer interaction interface is beautiful and friendly, and whether there is a printer status monitoring and erasing function.
4. Printing costs. We ensure long-term use of newspapers in terms of printer price, cartridge price and drum life. Network printing can ensure the centralized use of all printing consumables such as paper and toner, thus limiting the waste of paper and toner while ensuring network printing with high efficiency and high productivity. In addition, newspapers can rationally configure equipment according to the status quo of the newspaper's publication, and appropriately lower the level of equipment. Peking Founder is a rookie in the laser printer market, and many of its network laser printer products continue to show new vitality. At present, Founder provides the market with a double-sided printing network laser printer, suitable for small and medium-sized office users, matching the network card after the price is less than 10,000 yuan. In addition, Lenovo's new professional laser printer Lj8128NS prints up to 28 pages per minute, has extensive network support, and is 40% cheaper than comparable foreign products, putting the majority of domestic small and medium-sized office users into the gates of network printing. .
5. Technical support, sales service. Under normal circumstances, manufacturers provide technical support for the use of products and capabilities; product sales and after-sales service time and content can meet the needs of newspaper publishing; technical support hotline in good condition, at the same time, online download drivers are also more convenient.
6. Network performance. For network laser printers, network performance of printers, ease of use of network installation and management, IP address settings, ease of configuration and operation of the printer's operation control panel, ease of installation and management software, human-machine interface, The printer status monitoring software's reaction time for monitoring the status of the printer and whether to provide the printer remote monitoring function must be ideal.
Second, the network printing equipment composition Network printing system includes: network printer, network print server and network print management software.
1. The network printer directly connects to the network adapter card through the EIO slot, enabling high-speed print output at the speed of the network. From then on, the printer is no longer a PC peripheral, but becomes an independent network contact. It is a standard information output device that is tightly integrated with computer network technology and Web applications. It not only adapts to the needs of high-speed network development, but also meets the needs of centralized office management, and can greatly improve the printing speed, print quality, and system under the network environment. Print management efficiency. (To be continued)