Basic Technologies

Letterpress printing was a state-of-the-art technology in Japan when DNP was originally founded as a letterpress printing firm. Since then, the company has branched out into various businesses by developing and applying printing technologies. The diverse technologies and expertise that underpin our wide range of printing operations and services are highlighted in the following pages through the example of the processes involved in printing a book!

DNP's technologies seen through the printing process

Printing process

Technologies used at this stage of the printing process

1. 1

   Project planning

   Envisioning what output will be printed

   Project planning and designing

2. 2

   Information processing

   Preparing the manuscript for printing

   Information processing technologies

3. 3

   Film and plate making

   Making a printing plate

   Micro fabrication technology

4. 4

   Printing

   Transferring ink onto paper

   Precision coating

5. 5

   Binding and post-processing

   Folding, gathering, and binding

   Post-processing technologies

Technologies that underpin the printing process

• Materials development

  Organic synthesis technology, distribution and mixing technology, color and photosensitive materials and polymeric materials

• Evaluation and analysis

  Analysis planning, analysis technology, process and material diagnosis technology, simulation technology, and analysis information database technology