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Feb 19, 2010

OPERATOR SELULLER COMPETITION

Call using the mobile phone (HP) is not just a monopoly of the city. At present, the remote anywhere in the country, you will get a phone signal with this mudah.Saat, telecom operators continue to strengthen their networks in the regions. Not only a seasoned operator who raced in the local spread signals, the new operators do not want to lose.

Example PT Natrindo Cell Phones with Axis brand. As a new service, expand the reach of the Axis.

End of January 2010 and, Axis announced it has expanded its services commercially in the region of Aceh and South Sumatera. With this service expansion will Axis able to provide access for 65% of the total population in Indonesia, said the President Director of Axis, Erik Aas.

Axis Range in South Sumatra own territory includes Jambi, Bengkulu, Palembang, Bangka, Belitung, and Lampung. He also claims, with this expansion, Axis currently has presence in all regions of Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Lombok. Within Axis, coverage of services to 400 cities.

Chief Marketing Officer Johan Buse added Axis, Axis continues to develop infrastructure to improve service quality. Way, they work with other GSM operators to install telecommunications transmission tower that they have.

Currently 60% of BTS tower that we use is a telecommunications tower together. The result has Axis 4200 BTS tissue. In the past year, on average they have built more than 140 BTS every month.

Old players did not aggressively retain customers while increasing new customers. For example PT Indosat who choose to build backbone with D Palapa satellite launched since August 2009. The satellite has a capacity of 40 transponders with coverage to the whole of Indonesia, and even abroad, for example, ASEAN countries, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Australia.

Head Corporate Communication Indosat Adita Irawati, said, for customers in Java, Indosat to increase service capacity, while outside Java focus is to increase coverage. Potential markets outside Java is still huge. Because the demand is very high, wide expansion. Indosat also rent towers outside of Java to develop the service.

Axiata Tbk PT XI also states allocate the majority of capital spending of about U.S. $ 400-450 million to increase network capacity and quality. XL have a unique way in improving the service, which is based on the focus areas, the number, and mobility customers. For example, during Lebaran, mobility customers shifted to Central Java and East Java. At that time, the network capacity XL set forth in it. XL also uses the tower together to save the capital, said the Head of Corporate Communication XL, Febriati Nadira.

Telkomsel also continue to promote the development of infrastructure to keep customers. Telkomsel's President Director Sarwoto Atmosutarno said, on tahuin 2010, he prepared Rp 13 trillion to expand coverage and increase network capacity and quality. Currently, SingTel had 30,500 BTS. Reaching more than 95% of Indonesia, said Sarwoto.

By offering services to the remote data
Increasing the number of subscribers is not an easy thing for the players in the telecommunications industry. The reason, newcomers operators in this industry more and more. Competition for new customers, the more days, more and more strict.

Therefore, operators do not rely solely on voice services products, or voice only. Now they are aggressively offering data services to the areas, especially outside Java.

The number of mobile operator revenues from outside the island of Java is still less than the total income. But, many operators believe that the market long-term prospects still bright outside Java.

For example the largest mobile operators such as PT Telkomsel. Director Sarwoto Atmosutarno Telkomsel, said, Telkomsel wanted to focus on the development of mobile broadband services in the year 2010 with the establishment utilizing their infrastructure.

Telkomsel to offer digital services business, digital music, content, and applications. All the services that SingTel is now available in 24 major cities in Indonesia, including Aceh, Medan, Padang, and Pontianak. Trigger the focus of this business because we saw the growth of mobile broadband subscribers by 700% in the year 2009.

In early 2009, Telkomsel's mobile broadband subscribers only around 200,000. However, at the end of 2009, the number of subscribers has climbed to 1.6 million.

Indosat has another way to expand their business wings. Currently, more than 80% Indosat customers are still concentrated in Java. Currently, Indosat customers total approximately 33.1 million.

Corporate Communication Head Indosat, Adita Irawati, confessed, Indosat had a unique way to maintain and attract new customers. Indosat implement tariff system per zone or area, whether for voice or data. We always pay attention Adita Indosat.Menurut product distribution, divide the focus of expansion Indosat network market share into three groups. First, Jakarta and surrounding areas, including Bogor, Bekasi, and Tangerang. Second, Java, and the three regions outside Java.

Meanwhile, XL still rely on cheaper tariffs imposed strategy. Head of Corporate Febriati XL Communicatoin Nadira says, to promote low fares services, now XL developing Wimax network development. Currently, almost 70% XL customers still on the island of Java.

Axis newcomer operators still optimize the network. Erik Aas, President Director of Axis said, the current number of subscribers share in Java Axis reached 70%. Axis claims, the number of subscribers as of end December 2009 reached 6 million.


DIGITAL PRINTING

Digital Printing
Digital technology into all areas, including in the print world with the emergence of Digital Printing. This technology provides easy to print as needed. Digital Printing Will it take the offset printing market.

In the definition say that the Digital Printing is "Any Printing completed via digital files".

Digital Printing is a printing technology without going through the process of making the print form, such as printing plates or printing cylinders.
In Jakarta, many service companies in the Digital Printing and it can have large format inkjet printers for Indoor or Outdoor, there is also a Xerox machine or Indigo or Konika or even photocopy services and a digital output of A3 + size.
Digital Printing an alternative printing processes, which are currently "booming" in Indonesia.

Types of Digital Print

Some digital print systems include:
1. Direct Imaging System
2. Electrophotography System

Direct Imaging 1.Sistem
Direct Imaging is a process that uses light (laser beams) for making a digital image directly on printing plates after the printing process is done. Printing plates used were conventional plate is permanent, to 1 representing 1 color plate. Direct Imaging System is a combination of technologies CTP (Computer to Plate) with conventional offset printing technology.

2.Sistem Electrophotography
Electrophotography is a process that uses light to discharge (taking charge) electrically area in-charge (given an electric charge) that produce latent image (hidden image) that can be developed (raised) by the ink.

Examples of machines that use Electrophotography technology is:
- Ink Base (liquid ink-based) such as HP Indigo
- Toner Base (based toner powder) such as Canon IRC3200, Oce Digital Printing
- Docucolor 2045/2060, xeikon
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Judging from the current function can be grouped in 4 groups of needs, namely:
1. Needs "Print On Demand"
2. The need for color proofing (digital color proofing)
3. The need posters in the room (indoor)
4. The need for outdoor posters (outdoor)

1.Kebutuhan Print On Demand (POD)
Digital Printing Advantages
1.Short run priting
Print with a circulation of under 1000 in full color printing including 3 sheets, 20 sheets, or 100 sheets.

2.On demand printing
Scored according to the needs, anytime, anywhere and can update or change information as it prepared to print. Print one sheet or 100 sheets can be with the same relative prices. In Jakarta in 2005, the price of digital printing to A3 size on average USD 25,000.00 to USD 30,000.00 per share until 5 sheets.

3.Personalization
Have the ability to print a personal or perindividu or pergroup with varying data. We can make special designs for one person to keep good quality and fast time and others may not accept it.


4.Distributed printing
Digital can be directly printed simultaneously in other places, immediately after the data is accepted everywhere.

Digital Printing Machine for the needs of on demand is designed as efficiently as possible to the production of small amounts of circulation, about 10 to 1000 exp. But the current development of Print On Demand has changed rapidly since driven the digital trend in all sectors.
On Demand Printing provides advantages and disadvantages when compared with offset printing.

Benefits On Demand Printing:
1. The process is much faster
2. Does not require separation film or printing plates, so cutting costs.
3. Appropriate amount; On demand printing to print only the desired result.
4. Preparation time shorter
5. Production costs are cheaper for a small circulation.
6. Personalization; print digitally controlled by a database so that images can be modified according to individual tastes.

Losses On Demand Printing:
1.Biaya per unit cost when printing in large quantities.
2.Keterbatasan the use of paper.

2. Digital Color Proofing Needs (DCP)
Needs in this segment is a color proofing results can be controlled and adjusted or simulated with the target color printing such as offset printing or a label, and Rotogravure.

Print Digital Color Proofing is not as easy as other printing needs, this process needs color adjustment, in which the printing should be similar to the desired target color.

In this process other than the usual inkjet printers used, also needs an additional software RIP software which these devices have the ability to perform color management is to convert the color and control the amount of ink out of the inkjet printer according to the expected target.

Use wide inkjet printer (up to 40 inch) allows for printing with a large printing press to control the position and layout (form proof), therefore reducing errors and imposisi layout.

Excess Digital Color Proofing
1.Kemampuan to reprint
Proofing to ensure the same results from the same digital files each time. Consistency of color and color stability is required in order to be used as a guide when calibrated color.

2.Simulasi dot gain curve
The highest dot gain value usually occurs middletone area. Digital proofing machine capable of simulating dot gain is very helpful in achieving color accuracy, especially for different types of paper.

3.Keakurasian Color
Accuracy in matching the target color, to select the target color range and then measure the actual difference is very significant deviation noted. This can use color management system.

4.Kecepatan
DCP engine speed is very influential to the kinds of jobs that require deadlines, such as in newspapers, advertising, publishing and others.

In 3.Kebutuhan Poster (Indoor)
The use of posters in the room (indoor) a lot done for promotion, there are 2 kinds of ink used is "Dye" and "Pigment". Ink "Dye" usually have brighter colors and is widely used in several types of inkjet printers, but not waterproof, while "Pigment" is resistant to water can be found on devices such as inkjet printers Roland DG wide or Epson and others.
We have machines with a width of more than 2.5 m for this indoor needs. Because the posters in the room will be enjoyed in a relatively close distance, then the resulting picture quality has a high enough resolution (up to 1440 dpi) and the use of additional ink colors such as Orange, Green, Photo Black and others, to improve the quality of the resulting color (expanded color space or color gamut reproduction). In addition to the above brands following are the types of inkjet printers which represent the needs of the posters in the room, for example: Cannon, Encad, Epson, and Hewllet-Packard, Mutoh.

Foreign Poster 4.Kebutuhan (Outdoor)
The use of outdoor posters (outdoor) are usually identical to the print ultra-wide (more than 1.5 meters), therefore the machines also offer a very wide, even reaching 5.3 meters (Vutek). Another vendor that offers outdoor equipment for the needs of production, especially Asia (Japan, China, and Korea) is Mutoh, Roland DG, Infinity, Challenger, DGI, and some brand new arrivals will be making a poster in the world outside the room.
Because of the need to enjoy the outdoor distance and outside the room, the image resolution is usually not necessary too high (can be under 72 dpi), but the ink solvent is usually long lasting and printed materials must be very strong and flexible, so as to keep friction (scratch), wind, sun and rain. Width is very helpful poster size is very wide because the technology "Tambal atu seaming" quite expensive and need accuracy in positioning the mold and color reproduction, the second error it will make the poster look less beautiful. Resolution is used for large format posters (outdoor), as posted on billboards, buses and public places is very dependent on the observer visibility. To get the resolution different, let alone any type of material is very varied.





Feb 17, 2010

Or flexible packaging Flexible Packaging part 1

Carton packaging wave is composed of two or more liner paper (kraft), which is reinforced with a wave-shaped layers in the interior of the so-called corrugated medium (flute) and the printing process using a printing technique known flexografi and often with a corrugated printing.
The main purpose of making waves is the cardboard box to protect the contents of the silencer at the same time, especially for freight carried by train or ship. Categories making waves packaging cardboard boxes can be seen from his flute layer which is generally determined in advance. Height and thickness of the flute is varied.

Use a cardboard box first wave started in 1871. When Albert Jones managed to get the award patents in the United States for the use of Single Face Corrugated Board. At that moment in America's great industrial revolution began to scale and then also the technical term is mass production - mass production. Demands for efficiency and ekonomisasi beginning to feel the process of mass production is also necessary in addition to the mass distribution (mass distribution). It turned out that the wave cardboard boxes can meet these challenges, so that still used until now and almost all products traded are now using wave cardboard box.
Currently, the development of rapidly growing industries, especially for goods of daily needs such as electronic goods, radio, tv, computers and perhaps other glassware.

Print In or Rotogravure
Rotogravure print or is printing technique using copper as a reference cylinder printing. Referred to in or intaglio printing because the print part or in lower than the part that does not print. Rotogravure is derived from Roto or ratern which means rotating or spinning, while gravure is gouged.
Gravure cylinder manufacturing process done in 2 ways ie by chemically and mechanically etching with engraving. Printing cylinder has a small cell digravure, or in the etching with various depths. These cells keep the printing ink will be transferred to the printed materials.
Rotogravure technique widely used for packaging candy, cigarettes, folding cardboard boxes, aluminum foil, plastic film, and especially in flexible packaging.
In addition, Gravure printing techniques can be used also for printing the magazine in the amount of millions of copies, such as Readers Digest and National Geographic.
The materials that can be printed by rotogravure paper or cardboard is a smooth surface, thin plastic such as BOPP, PET, paper, aluminum foil, and so on. The ink used is a liquid solvent base ink so easy to dry and are generally transparent and have a low opacity. Various kinds of varnish and gold color can be printed in Rotogravure techniques.
Rotogravure printing machines typically have a common printing cylinders 4-8, so they can print more than 4 colors in a single path. Rotogravure printing is found by Maso Faniguirre in the city state of Florence Italy in 1460.

Rotogravure Working Principle
In principle, Rotogravure printing process is a meeting between the reference cylinder with print media (plastic, paper) directly, and with the cylinder press and then there was the displacement from the reference image print (image area) to the print media. Gravure cylinder submerged in the ink bottle and spin, so the ink layer covering the surface of the print reference cylinder swept by the doctor blade, so that the ink remains only in the image area only.
The process of charging and discharging of cells or wells according gravure design, repeated for each rotation of the cylinder of reference printing and continues in accordance with the number of print circulation.

Rotogravure Benefits:
- Can be printed with a very large circulation
- Halftone printing good quality
- Print color is more consistent block
- High speed

Rotogravure Disadvantages:
- Price printing plates (cylinder) expensive, so the printing technique is only suitable for large scale.
- Proofingnya expensive manufacturing costs, as is usually done directly on the printing press with a cylinder that must be made in advance.

Printing or Print Screen Filter
Print filter or Screen Printing is a way to print by pressing ink through a narrow slit or hole in the fabric of silk (silk screen) as a reference print. Print filter is often referred to as screen printing or silk screen printing as well. Screen printing or stencil printing is a technique widely used for irregular surfaces such as plastic bottles, compact packaging for cosmetics, glass bottle.

Print Work Process Filter
In conventional filtering techniques print, print form is formed by irradiation using a vacuum frame with ultra-violet light through a positive film print to the previous frame has been given a light sensitive emulsion. After irradiation, the image is developed by washing or spraying the frame that has been exposed with ordinary water. Washing it will dissolve the emulsion is not tersinari (as protected by the positive film) forming the image to be printed.

In the CTP system for the print filter, may be more accurate to say that Computer to Screen, irradiation is not carried through the film because images are no longer formed in the film, but formed directly on the print frame. Unlike the other printing techniques, Cts (Computer to Screen) to print filtering techniques, usually done not with a laser light source is complicated and expensive, but with inkjet technology, like what is applicable to ordinary inkjet printers.

Pros print filter:
- Can be printed with above all solids basis. Like glass, glass, ceramic, aluminum, plastic, etc.
- A thick layer of ink can
- Can be printed on a small scale
Lack print filter:
- Detail drawings hard to achieve
- Low speed, (depending on print technology filter used)
- Need a little drying time, because of thick ink.





Or flexible packaging Flexible Packaging part 2

Packaging function is essentially the first as a container so that the packaged material is not scattered, easily stored, organized and easily transported. The second is as a protector, so that the packaged material is not damaged by external factors, such as water, water vapor, oxygen and light so that the substance contained therein is not lost. The third is a means of promotion and information-packed product that can be easily known function, how to use, advantages, and to distinguish it from the product packaging lain.Flexibel generally used to package products weighing less than 11 kg.
The main applications vary from its function as the packaging of frozen food products in various colors at the supermarket, candy and chocolate wrappers, packaging for goods and plantation gardens (such as fertilizers, seeds, and ore), stand-up Pouches (laundry soap , detergent, soup) and packaging of agricultural (food food, ore).

However, most of the flexible packaging used for food and retail industry (retail), although the industrial application pharmasi, agriculture, chemicals, cosmetics and beauty tools and cleaning materials are also household has changed rapidly.
Materials used flexible packaging approximately 75 percent is plastic, particularly a film-shaped material made of Polyethylene (PE), Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), and BIAXIALLY Orienteated Polypropylene (BOPP). The films used for wrapping fresh food, dried food, meat and cheese, frozen foods, plastic bags, or to wrap foods with high-speed packaging machines.
Aluminum folis used where resistance to foreign substances (barrier properties) to give them advantages over flexible films and paper. Folis aluminum used in packaging for snack foods, fast food, pharmasi, soup and sauces, preserved foods, liquid foods. Meanwhile, paper and wrapping paper made from materials used for a variety of printed packaging in the form of bags and sachets.

Digital Printing
Digital technology into all areas, including in the print world with the emergence of Digital Printing. This technology provides easy to print as needed. Digital Printing Will it take the offset printing market?
In the definition say that the Digital Printing is "Any Printing completed via digital files".
Digital Printing is a printing technology without going through the process of making the print form, such as printing plates or printing cylinders.