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Trueflownet JDF integration. Rebecca Aquino Sr. Product Manager, Strategic Planning. What is JDF?. Standard job ticket format for the Graphic Arts industry Key to automation - from print procurement to customer delivery Digital glue of all the production processes. What does JDF do?.
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Trueflownet JDF integration Rebecca Aquino Sr. Product Manager, Strategic Planning
What is JDF? • Standard job ticket format for the Graphic Arts industry • Key to automation - from print procurement to customer delivery • Digital glue of all the production processes
What does JDF do? • JDF bridges different processes • JDF is a non-proprietary solution • JDF is two way communication “JDF enables communication from quotation to deliveryacross the entire spectrum of industry manufacturers”
JDF Benefits • Eliminates most re-keying of information • Today's biggest and costliest source of errors in printing is re-keying information • Information and process automation capabilities of JDF will increase speed and efficiency = profit
Average JDF install Simple MIS Prepress Press PostPress
CIP4 JDF View Print MIS JDF Manager JDF Manager JDF Manager Prepress Press PostPress
Screen JDF View Print MIS Ritecontrol JDF Manager JDF Manager Press PostPress Trueflow 3
Trueflownet Ipex briefing 2006
Trueflownet Trueflownet is an umbrella term for a range of interconnectedactivities that move the printing industry towards a truly automated workflow
Products within Trueflownet • Establishment of a common core design from which we will carry out product development for each printing market • Rite Suite • Customer Management • Trueflow Suite • Production Management • Color Suite • Quality Management
Rite Suite customer management • Online communication tools for customer and print provider • Content submission, collaboration, approval • Online catalog and reprint • Internet, Certified PDF and JDF
Trueflow Suite production management • Print production tools • Technology focus on standards in production • PDF (PDF/X1a-PDFX3, Certified PDF) and JDF • JDF Prepress Manager • Production Planning • Print production workflow • Imposition, Trap and Trap editing for commercial and packaging
Color Suite quality management • Tools for highest print quality output • Implements standards and adds differentiation • ICC, Screen, ISO norm printing support • Supporting Rite Suite and Trueflow Suite • Automated Managed + RGB to CMYK • Colour proofing • Hybrid and FM screening • Up to 8 color conversion
Typical JDF Integrations Ipex briefing 2006
Imposed JDF Imposition SW
JDF Job Bag • Describes the job with all its aspects JDF = • Customer details • Job content + detail • Job tracking + feedback (JMF) Customer quotation Sales Estimates Planning Production Shipment
MIS Ordering information to Prepress • Automatic transfer of customer and job information • No more re-keying
JDF Content Details: Section 1 has 4 pages Left Binding
Scheduling Information
Online Content Submission • Certified PDF creation • Online JDF job ticket and upload • JDF Workflow automation
Automated Content to Prepress • Automatically receives job content from Riteportal SE and combines it with order information from MIS
JDF Ready CTP from Screen • Every CTP device respondsby JMF, status of registered file plate output JMF MIS PT-R JDF compliant DTC( or TF3)
How to make profit • Isn’t that what we are all looking for? • Designers, Publishers and Printers
General ways to improve profit • Squeeze more out your expensive equipment • Reduce costs • Prevent re-keying • Productivity increase • Reduce need for staff intervention • Improve communication with customers • Prevent unnecessary redo • Cost control
Automation Integration Communication Information Job Tickets JDF Internet MIS In other words
Do it the Rite way Automate for Profit Hall 6 Stand 06-B40
Hall 6 Stand 06-B40 Do it the Rite way
Ipex 2006 Theme • Customers are looking for Profit • Automation is an important factor to improve productivity and efficiency • All Screen hardware and software solutions have a certain automation factor • Hence our theme: Automate for Profit
Screen JDF Print MIS JDF Manager JDF Manager Trueflow 3 JDF Manager Press PostPress
Step 4: Process job & automatically send updated status back to MIS