CIP4 Standard--Digital Integration

"JDF is the missing link to implement interoperability of systems from e-commerce to print room, allowing automation of the entire publishing process," reports Johan Berlaen, general manager of R&D Systems at Agfa.

"The transfer of the initiative from the four founding companies to an open standards body is a major milestone in the adoption of JDF," he contends. "I encourage organizations, companies or individuals who want to contribute to JDF to work together with CIP4 so that JDF can be implemented worldwide for the benefit of the whole publishing and printing industry."