First 'JDF Works Print Shop Live!' at GRAPH EXPO

At the Heidelberg JDF Works Print Shop Live! site a job may be generated by either the Heidelberg Prinect Prinance system or the EFI Hagen OA system. Equally important to actual production is the ability to track jobs and evaluate efficiency, and this is where attendees will see the Job Messaging Format (JMF) in action. The job is transferred via JDF from the MIS to the Prinect Integration Manager, through prepress, pressroom and postpress management. It will follow a path that continues through the Heidelberg demonstration plaza where attendees will observe the JDF file being sent to the Speedmaster XL105 and into the Postpress arena. Throughout production, all systems and operators will continuously deliver production data to the Prinect Integration Manager; the central JDF manager that combines the data and provides it to the JDF-enabled Print Management System. The Heidelberg tour is self-guided and participants should look for the starting point marked with a tall sig
n just behind the main information counter at the front of the Heidelberg booth.