1. Welcome to the Heidelberg JDF Tutorial

2. Interoperability Conformance Specifications
Define a set of Interoperability Conformance Specifications – ICS
The term “JDF Compliant” does not immediately imply that two arbitrary applications will communicate.
Sending RIP instructions to a Folding Machine is not useful…
Two applications that comply with a given ICS will communicate in a meaningful way.
Product Certification will be based on ICS Compliance
Avoid multiple, incompatible JDF Dialects

3. Comparison of Spec and ICS
Spec Specifies
syntax of JDF
Cardinality of Parameters in a JDF ticket
Optional (?,*)
Required (“ “, +)
Number of elements (?,*,+,” “)
Job Ticket view only
ICS Specifies
Requirements for Applications
Read + Write requirements
May, Must Read (R?, R)
May, Must Write (W?, W)
Must be capable of writing (W)
Manager and Worker Role

4. ICS Document Structure
Base ICS
JDF Specification
Prepress to
Conv.
Printing
ICS
MIS Base ICS
MIS
Sheet
ConvPrint
Prepress
Binding
TBD
DOMAIN
Integ.
DigiPrint

5. Base ICS
Conformance requirements that are common to all other ICS documents
includes the conformance requirements for
Hot Folders,
string Attribute Lengths,
specific generic JDF Elements
specific generic JMF Messages
Job Submission

6. MIS ICS
Interoperability requirements related to the communication between MIS and production equipment.
Generic requirements for all stages of the production process
pre-press
Press
post-press
Focus on the main JDF structure
JDF submission from an MIS to a Device
Device communication back to the MIS

7. MIS-Prepress
Defines the Interface between the MIS and Prepress focused on Conventional Printing.
Processes for a Prepress Workflow System that produces:
Proofs
Plates
Previews.

8. MIS-Sheetfed-Offset
This ICS defines the interoperability requirements for JDF Sheet-Fed Offset Printing

9. Prepress - Sheetfed offset
Describes the interface between a Prepress Workflow System and a Conventional Sheet Fed Printing Press Controller.
Defines how a Prepress Workflow System dynamically communicates with a Press Controller in order to deliver
previews used for evaluating ink zone settings
information about plates.

10. MIS-Binding Defines the conformance requirements for: Specifies
Saddle Stitching
Soft-cover and
Hardcover Binding devices.
Specifies
JDF Instances,
JDF Messages
JDF Processes

11. MIS-Digital Print
Specifies the Conformance Requirements for Integrated Digital Printing Devices.
integrated digital printing systems with in-line finishing capabilities.
black and white and
limited color
Encompasses production printing IPP semantics.

12. CIP4 Interoperability Event Status
CIP4 hosted Interoperability first test event in May 2003
Regular 3-4 month interval
Next Meetings:January 2005, April 2005
Previous One was October in Kyoto, Japan
Goals are:
Integration of products from various vendors
Pinpoint ambiguous areas in the specification
Deine and Test Drupa Interoperability
More than 45 Participants from >15 Companies
Next Event: Tomorrow, here in Heidelberg
Events are closed door
Goal is to enhance the standard and enable interoperability
NOT to find scapegoats / heroes

13. JDF Interoperability
JDF Depth
F(t)
JDF Transport
JDF Content

14. JDF Content Interoperability Levels
None (Fax, Phone, Job Sheet)
JDF wrapper with many custom extensions
Customized JDF in Prototype Applications
1-1 Customized JDF in hand-selected customer sites (beta or customer Project)
ICS-Based Standard JDF in hand-selected customer sites
Out of the box applications using ICS-based Standard JDF

15. JDF Transport Interoperability Levels
None (Fax, Phone, Job Sheet)
JDF File written to hard coded folder. (one way)
Two way JDF File exchange to hard coded folders (inbox, outbox)
JDF sent to File or HTTP URL as specified in the JDF
JDF + JMF Signaling from Device to Controller
JDF + Dynamic, bidirectional JMF exchange