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Zhang Weihai: With Technology As Pen And Fashion As Theme, We Draw A New Picture Of Digital Printing!

2024/6/5 7:47:00 0

　　 Some people say that the secret of success lies in never changing the set goal. Zhang Weihai is the tireless traveler, always chasing the ideal of life, and constantly breaking the waves in the sea of technology.

　　 "I am a person who is unwilling to present the situation and dare to innovate." This is Zhang Weihai's evaluation of himself. For more than 30 years, Zhang Weihai has deeply rooted in the field of textile printing pattern color separation and plate making, and has become a real innovator and wave maker in the textile digital printing industry.

　　 We need to develop our own color separation software

　　 Zhang Weihai, born in September 1974, is the founder of Zhejiang Primary Color Digital Technology Co., Ltd., director of China Textile Printing Pattern Color Separation Research and Development Base and National Textile Printing Color Separation and Plate Making Technology Research and Development Center. In 1993, Zhang Weihai went into the business of printing pattern design and color separation and became a technician. With his outstanding performance in the work, he was put in high position by the company in 1994 and sent to South Korea to study further. It was this two-year learning experience in South Korea that opened Zhang Weihai's vision and pattern, and he absorbed more design inspiration and advanced ideas.

　　 "In the 1990s, South Korea began to use a pattern design color separation software introduced from Japan under the DOS environment. Although from the current perspective, that software had many shortcomings, at that time, when the domestic design color separation work still relied on pure manual operation, it undoubtedly created unprecedented efficiency and convenience." Zhang Weihai recalled.

　　 At that moment, his heart quietly sprouted a firm belief - to develop our own design color separation software. This seed took root in his heart and became the source of power for his unremitting pursuit in the future. After returning from his studies, Zhang Weihai began a long road of technology accumulation and R&D, and constantly applied the technology he learned abroad to his work.

　　 The seeds are deeply buried in the soil. Once they are moistened by rain and dew, they will burst into vitality. In 2004, Zhang Weihai set foot in China Light Textile City to investigate the market in depth, and got to know Yao Haifeng, the local technician focusing on color separation software design, who is now in charge of primary color software development. This meeting made this seed take root and sprout quickly. In 2005, Zhang Weihai officially contacted software research and development. He was keenly aware of the shortcomings of existing software functions, and determined to upgrade and improve them to improve their usability and efficiency.

　　 In 2006, Zhang Weihai's elaborate software system was put into use. After that, he led the team to continuously improve the functions in actual operation, and finally launched the self-developed product Qiufeng color separation software with mature functions in 2009, which was comparable to other software in the market at that time. In the same year, Zhejiang Primary Color Digital Technology Co., Ltd. also came into being, focusing on the in-depth development and improvement of color separation software and providing an efficient and accurate color management scheme for the textile industry.

　　 Now, the Qiufeng color separation software is renamed as Tulaiwang intelligent design color separation software. It has dozens of new functions, such as intelligent automatic color printing and matching, simulated 3D fitting, one button flat screen large area open circuit, one button extraction and matching Pantone color number, intelligent small piece, intelligent screening, intelligent scale, intelligent monochrome map, intelligent flat screen large area, intelligent round screen large area, etc., which only takes a few minutes, A complete set of printing design manuscripts can be generated and put into production quickly. The software is compatible with influential professional software formats in PS, Jinchang and other industries. It not only has the drafting function of industry software, but also has access to cross industry technology functions such as ERP management, blockchain digital copyright storage, image search, digital formula, digital printing intelligent color tracking and so on, saving practitioners more than 2 hours a day, It really brings intelligent improvement to the textile printing industry.

　　 I'm actually a technician

　　 Since the establishment of Primary Color Digital, Zhang Weihai has been leading the team to constantly improve and optimize the functions of color separation software, slowly building a software ecosystem covering all aspects of the printing field, providing strong technical support for textile production.

　　 "Developing this kind of software requires a deep combination of innovative thinking and industry. Although there are many experienced people, few people can really combine thinking, experience and investment courage." Zhang Weihai said confidently. The technician's careful thinking and rich experience in the textile printing field complement each other so that he can accurately grasp the needs of the industry in software research and development and develop software products that truly meet the market needs.

　　 "The identity of technician is the basis of all my thoughts and actions." Zhang Weihai said frankly that the development of Primitive Digital for many years is a process of changing the role from technician to manager, but the change does not mean leaving technology, but can better apply technology to management and innovation. As a textile innovator with profound technical background, Zhang Weihai is always happy with it.

　　 Faced with the problems of textile printing color management and relying too much on manpower, Zhang Weihai learned from the advanced experience of advertising printing and construction industry, developed an innovative textile color collection equipment "color picker", and successfully applied for appearance and utility model patents. The introduction of this device has greatly improved the efficiency and accuracy of color collection, and provided data support for the color differentiation of textile printing.

　　 More than that, following the national policies and industry development trends, Zhang Weihai, based on his expertise and combining the advantages of Keqiao industry, has successively launched innovative products such as "Tulaiwang" flower design trading platform and "Tulaibao" blockchain digital depository system after 2015. In recent years, he also led the team to develop digital tools such as "digital color card", "digital store", "digital business card", and "digital formula", which helped the digital construction of traditional stores, injected new vitality into the value promotion and brand image building of China Textile City, and became an industry model for digital transformation. In 2023, Zhang Weihai also won the "17th Bi Sheng Printing Outstanding New Artist Award", which is known as the Oscar Award in the printing industry.

　　 It is Zhang Weihai's "technician" spirit of in-depth exploration and unremitting attempt that has enabled Primary Color Digital to continuously make breakthroughs in technological innovation and successfully bring a number of technologies and products to the market, which has been widely recognized. Primary Color Digital has also won many national honors, including national high-tech enterprises, national textile printing color separation and plate making technology research and development center, and China textile printing pattern color separation research and development base.

　　 The purpose of the enterprise is to serve the industry

　　 Only the overall progress of the industry can bring more opportunities and challenges to the enterprise, and also can make the enterprise go further and more stable. When Primitive Digital entered the track of stable development, Zhang Weihai began to think about how to give back to the society, service industry and take action with a larger pattern and a higher vision. Zhang Weihai took the lead in drafting the executive standard "Requirements for the production of electronic documents for screen printed textile printing color separation and plate making" and the group standard "Requirements for the professional skill level of printing color separation workers", and participated in the compilation of the national standard "Printing and plate making workers".

　　 "At first, software development was mainly to solve the production and management problems of their own enterprises. However, with in-depth insight into the industry, I realized that the value of this software is far more than the original intention." Many textile enterprises are difficult to use advanced technology to improve production efficiency and management level due to poor information or cost constraints. With the development of the enterprise, Zhang Weihai has learned the truth that "one flower is not spring, and a hundred flowers are full of spring". It is reported that since 2020, Tulaiwang intelligent design color separation software can be downloaded and registered on the "Tulaiwang" website (www.tulaiwang. com) for free and the basic functions can be used for free; The website platform is designed to provide customers with one-stop services such as design color separation, pattern trading, task release, and digital customization. According to statistics, the registered users of the website will break through 30000 in 2023. With its excellent application in improving efficiency and saving costs in enterprise production, this software is recognized by the market and won widespread praise in the industry. Many enterprises have benefited greatly from the use of this software, and the level of production and management has achieved a qualitative leap.

　　 In addition to software sharing, Zhang Weihai also actively engaged in public welfare training and technology promotion. Since 2007, he has compiled many tutorials, such as "Primary Color Separation Software Tutorial", "Primary PS Design Tutorial", "Advanced PS Color Separation Tutorial", and constantly updated and improved them. Among them, "Digital Printing Process Tutorial" was published by China Textile Press. These courses not only taught many practitioners and students professional skills, but also trained thousands of excellent digital printing and color separation talents for the industry. He has cooperated with Keqiao District Vocational Education Center, Donghua University, etc. to develop training bases and graduate training bases, which has sent a lot of fresh blood to the textile industry. At the same time, he also served as a graduate student of School of Fashion of Donghua University and an external professor of digital printing practice bases in several vocational colleges in Shaoxing, cultivating a large number of printing color separation professionals for the textile industry, and answered thousands of technical inquiries.

　　 Help the industry development with altruism. Not long ago, Zhang Weihai was employed by Keqiao District Modern Textile Industry Service Center as a full-time (shared) engineer in 2024. As for this new identity, he said that he would have a greater platform and opportunity to give full play to his professional strength. He planned to visit more than 20 enterprises every month to provide quality services for all aspects of the textile industry and help Keqiao District's textile industry achieve high-quality development.

　　 With technology as the pen and fashion as the theme, Zhang Weihai expanded the textile printing road with dozens of digital tool software and+digital platform. His integration of innovative technology and software ecology is not only for the progress of one field, but also for the prosperity of the entire textile industry. He undertakes the mission, constantly promotes the progress and development of the industry, and uses his own strength to write a more three-dimensional, active and brilliant new picture of the textile industry.