EDITOR'S notebook

Referred to by many as the "JDF Drupa," it should have been termed the "Workflow Drupa" even though, as Frank Romano quips, JDF may replace WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) as the most overused acronym. Keep in mind that JDF and CIP3/4 aren't actual products, but rather just tools to help printers move jobs through the various production steps much more efficiently and to allow equipment, from various manufacturers, to share critical job specifications with minimal keystroking of redundant information.