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News Release from: Ghent PDF Workgroup
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 January 2006
Leading Lights OF PDF Group Address US
Forum
The Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG) has signed as a partner in the PDF-FORUM, with several GWG members scheduled to speak at the conference and tutorial sessions.
The Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG) has signed as a partner in the PDF-FORUM, with several GWG members scheduled to speak at the conference and tutorial sessions PDF-FORUM is taking place from February 1 - 4 in Miami (USA), in conjunction with the XPLOR Global Document Conference and the Graphics of the Americas trade show
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XPLOR representatives said it is the first PDF-FORUM for Print Production it has organised, and that the intention is for it to be an international conference.
PDF and the Ghent PDF Workgroup said that PDF has become the preferred format for the exchange of pre-press data for print production.
PDF is also the internal format utilised in most production workflow system for commercial and digital printing.
The chairman of the PDF-FORUM, PDF expert and GWG member Stephan Jaeggi of Switzerland, has invited industry experts, advanced users and leading developers from the USA and Europe to share their knowledge and experience about PDF applications and future developments.
As part of his planning, Jaeggi has also made it possible for attendees to participate in specialised tutorials that will afford them knowledge from insiders, both before and after the main conference, said the GWG.
David Zwang of IPA, and the vice chairman of GWG, will present the work of the Ghent PDF Workgroup in the first Conference session, 'PDF/X and JDF: Important standards for PDF workflows,' on February 2.
In the second session on the same day, 'State-of-the-Art PDF Creation', Zwang will talk about GWG recommendations for creating PDFs for print production in an office environment.
In a tutorial addressing PDF Suites on February 3, the new Ghent Output Suite will be presented.
Additional members of GWG participating at the conference are Martin Bailey (Global Graphics), Vicki Blake (Enfocus), David van Driessche (Gradual), Hans Hartman (Quark), Stephan Jaeggi (PDFX-Ready) and Leonard Rosenthol (Apago).
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