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The Job Definition Format is perhaps one of the most important data specifications to have been developed in recent years for digital production. However its development has been very much supplier driven. And there are interoperability issues that are slowing down the implementation of JDF. It starts with understanding the technology and its purpose.

This section is maintained and updated by Alex van Bienen.

Alex van Bienen, Netherlands

Education in print management in the Netherlands. Trainee in typsetting, letterpress, offset and silkscreen printing. General Manager of various international graphic arts companies in manufacturing and supplying of adhesives, numbering machines and auxiliary press equipment. Creator of Globalprint, internet portal website for the world of graphic arts. Currently retired and freelance (graphic arts) journalist. Special interest in new technologies: automation, JDF, RFID printed electronics, etc.

<DUTCH> JDF Stand van Zaken

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De stand van de automatisering op drupa 2008

Providing communications links in the packaging supply chain with JDF

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This article submitted by Lieven Plettinck, R&D Mgr Packaging Applications, EskoArtwork and CIP4 Workgroup for Packaging and Labels Chair. Originally submitted in 2006.

Liquid Media for Newspapers

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The attached file courtesy of DTI. Originally submitted in 2007.

This paper describes DTIs Liquid Media technology. Liquid Media combines several pieces, the most important of which is Ensemble. This data engine is integrated into the Caché database technology and handles the data flow management and communications between Caché databases and others, for example Oracle. Ensemble is an interface language based on Zen, a browser based application development tool that makes it possible to write very complex applications very quickly. Organisations use it to leverage existing technology investments and infrastructure because it provides a standard way to interrogate databases.

Case Study - Schultz Grafisk, Albertslund, Denmark

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The attached file courtesy of Agfa. Originally submitted in 2006.

With such a large client base, along with several subsidiaries that handle different kinds of data, publishing and distribution projects, Schultz needed to improve its workflow so that there were never any problems with automation, archiving and connectivity.

Case Study - Em. de Jong, Baarle Nassau, The Netherlands

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The attached file courtesy of Agfa. Originally submitted in 2006.

Digital Dots Guide to JDF

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The attached file courtesy of Digital Dots.