JDF Integration 

 

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For Rhapso,  JDF is a key element to the full automation of the printing workshops. This is why Rhapso is a full member of CIP4 since 2003 and implement the JDF/JMF standard in its flagship product Graphisoft.

We work with the main actors of the printing industry (Agfa, Kodak, Heidelberg, Dalim, Kba, ..)  to make the JDF/JMF standard a reality.

 

 


The purpose of the JDF (Job Definition Format).



Key Benefits of JDF integration

  • Time saving through full automation
  • Higher fiability thanks to reduction of double captures
  • Accuracy of actual job costing
  • Clear identification of responsibilities regarding unexpected operations
  • No particular intervention required from operational staff

What is JDF?

 

  • JDF is an industry standard designed to simplify information exchange between different applications and systems in and around the graphic arts industry.
    To that end, JDF builds on and extends beyond pre-existing partial solutions, such as CIP3's Print Production Format (PPF) and Adobe Systems' Portable Job Ticket Format (PJTF).
     
  • It also enables the integration of commercial and planning applications into the technical workflow.
     
  • JDF joins the growing number of standards based on XML, ensuring maximum possible portability between different platforms and ready interaction with Internet-based systems. 
     
  • JDF is a comprehensive XML-based file format and proposed industry standard for end-to-end job ticket specifications combined with a message description standard and message interchange protocol.
     
  • JDF is designed to streamline information exchange between different applications and systems. 
     
  • JDF is intended to enable the entire industry, including media, design, graphic arts, on-demand and e-commerce companies, to implement and work with individual workflow solutions.
    JDF will allow integration of heterogeneous products from diverse vendors to create seamless workflow solutions.
     


The most prominent features of JDF are:


  • Ability to bridge the communication gap between production and Management Information Services (MIS).
    This ability enables instantaneous job and device tracking as well as detailed pre- and post-calculation of jobs in the graphic arts.

  • Ability to define and track any user-defined workflow without constraints on the supported workflow models.
    This includes serial, parallel, overlapping, and iterative processing in arbitrary combinations and over distributed locations.



    Source    : CIP4 website.
    More information is available at the Web site.