Knowledge about JDF, CIP3 and CIP4 books
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In 1995, a number of suppliers agreed to develop electronic process management standardization. It has been eight years since today, and it can be seen that this driving force will still greatly promote the overall improvement of the printing industry in the future. Therefore, the author hopes to make a review and provide some basic information to make it easier for readers to master this tool in the future.
Everything starts here: "International Cooperation for Integration of Prepress, Press and
Postpress" (CIP3)
CIP3 Agreement Major Achievements - PPF
In the reality of printing trends, electronic, short version, color requirements, cheaper prices, etc., promote the printing industry to electronic, so as to avoid any possible mistakes and human participation. For example, the data to be input manually, the data processing of the print scanning and the cross positioning, etc., all hope to be electronically computerized in one step, so PPF came into being.
PPF is Print Production
Format, a computer data protocol format used to enable a common electronic data format for different work platforms, to make communication more direct, avoiding the errors and time wasted in the process of data transfer and copying.
This led to the development of a concept - CIM (Computer Integrated Print Management), a fully computerized overall management.
PPF working range
The most popular thing about PPF is the electronic ink drop management. In addition, the following information can be generated by the electronic plate-making process depending on the function. The 3.0 version of PPF developed in 1998 can support:
Work order management data
Key data
Cross and color management ribbon
Roller printing operation data
Cutter and origami style
Delivery
Nail style
Basically, it can be said that the data can be printed and printed after printing. However, there are still some things that are not perfect, that is, they are implemented in the real world, different interfaces, different suppliers, and different considerations. How can it be unified under one agreement?
Formulation of CIP4
In February 2000, JDF was released. In the same year, Drupa, the main supplier and developer reached a joint agreement, and then produced CIP4.
JDF : Job Definition Format
CIP: Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress
It can be seen that the PPF, which was originally only a concept, got Processes here, and the JDF of CIP4 became the agreement standard of major equipment and software suppliers.
Where does JDF come from? Maybe your first answer will be the prepress process system. Correct! But it may also be a print buyer, as you may have printed the second or third time. So your prepress process should have the ability to manage JDF.
In various departments, such as post-press and printing, the degree of computerization of the hardware is different. Is there any modification and editing function besides considering the application of JDF?
How can we ensure that this data is applied uniformly and smoothly in different language interfaces, different regions, different brand suppliers and different users?
Is such a great concept, practical, and how long do we have to wait?
Redistribution of the various parts of the hand, do you want to nail the master to learn the computer with automatic walking and folding machine?
What if the old machine does not have a JDF computer?
Finally, things must move forward, especially in printing such technology-intensive industries. Please note the following year Drupa.