CIP3--Digitizing Prepress, Delivering Promise

The Print Production Format (PPF) file is syntactically identical to a PostScript file and adheres to the PostScript specifications. A PPF file can be part of the PostScript file that is consumed by the RIP to create images, but can also live on its own.

With the upcoming importance of PDF and job tickets, the CIP3 consortium has decided to start the development of a second encoding of the CIP3 format. Indeed, the information found in a CIP3 file is precisely the information that one would wish to find in a job ticket. Two encodings will then exist: PostScript and PJTF. It will be necessary to define and create converters from one to the other.