DRUPA 04 REPORT PREPRESS & PREMEDIA -- Preparing Data, Not Dot

One did get a sense that JDF is real and progress is being made toward the goal of enabling a data-driven print manufacturing process. By CIP4's accounting, there were 75 companies showing JDF-enabled products at Drupa. In the JDF Parc, the 21 participating companies reportedly showed 90 connectivity pairs—combinations of two products with proven JDF interchange capabilities. NGP Partners said its members were presenting more than "80 pair integrations that are installed, in testing or in development."