Aspects regarding the organization of printing production in the context of Industry 4.0

The development of information technologies has a strong impact on manufacturing systems, and the presence of the computer allows the efficient combination of various technologies needed for manufacturing into an integrated computer-controlled manufacturing system, which has also found utility in the printing field. The paper presents the results of the analysis of prepress, press (print) and postpress processes specific to printing companies in terms of integrated computer systems that make it possible to interconnect at the enterprise level. At the same time, were defined the stages, technological operations, procedures focused on the production structure through modern information and communication technologies. These represent goals of industrialization 4.0. Thus, functional and informational models, especially for prepress, were developed. The research methods involved in the study were observational, descriptive and correlational study. The results of the study indicate their usefulness to achieve high performance when raw printing materials are transformed into finished products