DIGITAL digest

The overall target of the upgrade is said to be to improve communication, collaboration and production efficiency. Job Jackets touch on all three goals by providing an “intelligent link” between creative and production, according to Nick Martin, a Quark regional business manager.

Job Jackets are JDF (Job Definition Format) based and go beyond preflight to “keeping everyone on the same page from the start,” Kurz explains. This is enabled by the “New Project from Ticket” function that creates a new file with the job parameters, styles, output target, etc., already set up.