COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING -- Systems that Serve a Greater Good

MetaDimension is a RIP-centric workflow—upgraded to the Adobe 3016 interpreter with version 4.0—that supports processing of PostScript and PDF files. It implements PJTF (Adobe Portable Job Ticket Format ), not JDF, to enable creation of output plans that direct the processing of jobs, Ryan notes.

Through a sequencing process, MetaDimension can also be integrated into a Printready system to handle rendering functions. Once configured, it ceases to function as a standalone product and no longer uses PJTF, Ryan says. "Every processing task happens in the Printready system as a true JDF event," he points out.