Thoughts on the Discipline Connotation and System of Printing Specialty

In this paper,based on the analysis of printing's function and significance,the connotation of printing was deeply explored and the essence was well summarized that printing has,with an eye on the basic attributes of printing and considering four relationships between printing and information,system of graphics information,information visualization and information communication,respectively.Also the changing of printing that was resulted from modern science and technologies, the opportunities and challenges that the printing faced now,and the discipline core of printing specialty and correlations between printing and other disciplines were analyzed.A scheme on the discipline structure of printing specialty was proposed as a result of the analysis result on printing essence coupled with the characteristics of modern printing science and technology.