Green printing refers to the printing with harmony with the environment, including the use of green printing materials, the clean process of printing consumption, the harmlessness of printing products to users, and the recycling and disposal of printing products and recyclable applications. That is to say, the whole process of printing material selection, consumption, utilization and recycling should meet the requirements of environmental protection. Green printing should also have the following characteristics:

(1)從其目的來看，它應有利于維護自然資源，力圖做到對生態環境無害或者損傷小；

(1) From the point of view of its purpose, it should be conducive to the maintenance of natural resources, and strive to achieve harmless or less damage to the ecological environment;

(2)從消費本錢來看,它不只包括傳統的資料本錢，更要包括由印刷行為形成的環境污染所惹起的額外本錢，即生態代價；

(2) From the point of view of consumption cost, it includes not only the traditional material cost, but also the extra cost caused by environmental pollution caused by printing behavior, that is, the ecological cost.

(3)從作用過程來看，它貫串于印品的構成及運用的整個過程，不但消費出的產品是綠色的，消費者的工作環境也應是綠色的，以前我國印刷行業對這一方面的關注較少。

(3) From the point of view of the function process, it runs through the whole process of the composition and application of printing products. Not only the products consumed are green, but also the working environment of consumers should be green. Printing industry in China paid less attention to this aspect before.

(4)它是一個動態的概念，隨著科技的進步，對的請求也日益進步，綠色印刷所要到達的規范要跟上時期對工業消費的請求。

(4) It is a dynamic concept. With the progress of science and technology, the demand for environmental protection is also increasing. The standard of green printing should keep up with the demand for industrial consumption in the period.

綠色印刷的開展現狀

Development Status of Green Printing

近幾十年來，我國印刷行業獲得了令人注目的成就，但與興旺國度相比，還存在一定的差距，特別表如今的印刷技術和印刷設備的應用水平、印刷設計形式及觀念等方面。在綠色印刷方面，許多國度都在積極地朝著組織請求的方向努力，相比之下，我國在這方面又滯后了一步，存在下列問題。

In recent decades, China's printing industry has made remarkable achievements, but compared with the prosperous countries, there are still some gaps, especially in the application level of advanced printing technology and printing equipment, printing design forms and concepts. In the field of green printing, many countries are actively working towards the request of international environmental protection organizations. In contrast, China has lagged behind in this respect. There are the following problems.

(1)雖然近幾年人們的認識普遍加強，印刷行業對綠色印刷的認識較前幾年有了很大進步，但是由于種種緣由，多數印刷企業還缺乏事必躬親的勇氣，談得多，做得少，效果不好。

(1) Although people's awareness of environmental protection has been generally strengthened in recent years, and the understanding of green printing in the printing industry has made great progress compared with previous years, due to various reasons, most printing enterprises still lack the courage to do everything first-hand, talk much, do little, and the effect is not good.

(2)一些與包裝印刷相關的國度環境規范大都是引薦性規范，并不強迫執行。

(2) Some national environmental norms related to packaging and printing are mostly recommendatory norms, which are not enforced.

(3)印刷行業具有一定的特殊性，消費中運用的輔助資料十分多，尋覓和掃除污染源十分艱難。而且，輔助資料供給商的認識以及資料的水平也直接影響著綠色印刷工作的展開。

(3) Printing industry has its own particularity. There are many auxiliary materials used in consumption, so it is very difficult to find and clean up pollution sources. Moreover, the environmental awareness of the supplier of auxiliary information and the level of environmental protection of information also directly affect the development of green printing.

(4)我國印刷行業曾經進入微利時期，中小型印刷企業很難接受實行綠色印刷帶來的額外投資本錢。

(4) China's printing industry has entered a period of low profit. It is difficult for small and medium-sized printing enterprises to accept the extra investment cost brought by green printing.