DIGITAL digest

Parameters for the testing are to be dictated by the Interoperability Conformance Specification (ICS) documents created by CIP4 technical working groups over the last three years. Each ICS document is focused on a specific interface between two components of a graphic arts workflow.

Initially, testing will be limited to solutions implementing the “Layout Creator to Imposition” ICS document. This ICS defines the interface between a layout creation tool and a consumer of the fully populated JDF “layout resource”—the files and metadata required by output devices.