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News Release from: Heidelberg
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 February 2005
CIP4 And JDF Top Agenda At Heidelberg
Conference
Heidelberg has hosted the seventh CIP4 Inter-operability (IOP) Conference in its Print Media Academy in Heidelberg (Germany).
Heidelberg has hosted the seventh CIP4 Inter-operability (IOP) Conference in its Print Media Academy in Heidelberg (Germany) A total of 85 participants from more than 30 international print companies met with the aim of further establishing the job definition format (JDF) as the open industry standard and enhancing its functions
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 6 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The participants, mainly from the development departments of participating companies, worked on increasing the possibilities for exchanging the data format between individual workflow systems from different manufacturers.
They also reached an agreement on enhancements for the next JDF version 1.3, where in particular the functions for packaging printing and for security when exchanging JDF data online are to be extended said Heidelberg.
JDF can be used to describe almost any work process in graphics companies, though similar workflows can be described in different ways.
If a JDF writer uses method A, but the reader expects method B, there is no inter-operability.
CIP4 is addressing this problem through Inter-operability Conformance Specification (ICS) documents, which describe individual interfaces clearly and in detail.
That means that workflow systems or components from various manufacturers that conform to the same ICS are compatible, added the company.
The key difference to previous conferences was the high level of detail involved when verifying the exchanged information.
ICS documents were described and tested in detail using fixed criteria, such as for the imposition layout, customer information and machine pre-settings, to ensure ICS-compliant interfaces.
"The conference has provided a clear boost to efforts by CIP4 to further establish JDF in the industry.
It became clear that JDF is currently being incorporated across the board into products from workflow providers and, in a few years' time, will be as common as PDF format, for example," said Rainer Prosi, the chief technical officer at CIP4.
"Heidelberg will continue to fully support the further development of JDF through its commitment to CIP4," explained Jörg Bauer, the company's vice president for Prinect product management.
The next IOP Conference held by the CIP4 organisation will take place from March 24-30 in Pittsburgh (USA).
Then, the key focus will be on developing a certification process for the JDF format.
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