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News Release from: EFI | Subject: Fiery JDF Connector
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 June 2005
JDF Connectivity For Adobe and Fiery
Print Servers
EFI has announced that it has made what it described as an information connectivity breakthrough - the Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Edition with EFI's Fiery and Fiery JDF Connector.
EFI has announced that it has made what it described as an information connectivity breakthrough - the Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Edition with EFI's Fiery and Fiery JDF Connector It is claimed to be the industry's first creation-to-fulfilment Job Definition Format (JDF) integration for print jobs
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 13 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Connector allows EFI's Fiery server and MIS customers and graphics artist professionals using Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Edition to achieve accurate, more efficient and profitable print production workflow.
JDF connectivity between Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Edition and EFI Fiery Q series print servers provides print processing instructions that carry job intent and instructions from concept through to completion.
The JDF connection to the Fiery Q series print servers lets Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Edition users to deliver print instruction details, such as the type of finishing required, the number of pages needed, ink settings for the job as well as the print buyer's delivery information said EFI.
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The EFI-JDF-Fiery connector is said to also bridge the communication gap between creative, production and management information services.
Jobs submitted from Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Edition to the Fiery server can be registered to the EFI MIS system, allowing for precise accounting, said EFI.
In addition, the new workflow enables the EFI MIS system to define and submit jobs to the Fiery server.
The job definition specifications need not be bound to specific content when a project is submitted.
Rather, the EFI-JDF-Fiery connection allows for late binding of the content to the job instruction.
The connection enables instantaneous job and device tracking as well as detailed pre-calculation and post-calculation of print jobs, added the company.
"The new JDF-Adobe-Fiery-MIS connections is designed to help our customers be more productive and increase their profitability by reducing errors in the production workflow through automation," said Ghilad Dziesietnik, chief technology officer at EFI.
Don Walker, the general manager of publishing technologies and services at Adobe, said: "The software components of Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Edition are tightly integrated to simplify creative and production tasks so graphic arts professionals can work more efficiently.
This JDF connection eases the final steps in the creation process, allowing creative professionals to more effectively communicate critical instructions for a successful print run." EFI is a partner member of CIP4, the standards organisation behind the JDF initiative and has participated in every CIP4 JDF interoperability test forum.
The Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium Edition to EFI Fiery and EFI Fiery JDF Connector will be available via download from the EFI website later this month.
JDF technology is the open industry standard for print job tickets that automates digital workflows.
JDF connectivity facilitates the movement of job details, including job numbers, descriptions, parts information, colours, production counts, and start and stop time, in real time.
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