Hamilton--The Great Schema of Things

What's important about all these initiatives is that they are not necessarily competitive. For example, JDF is intended to define an architecture that will completely automate print production by enabling multiple parties and systems to communicate with one another using the Internet.

From the time the client requests a quote through the time the job leaves the shipping dock on pallets, JDF will integrate every step so that files never get to the RIP without having passed a preflight; each press always gets plates imposed specifically to suit its requirements; and bindery lines are set up and operated at maximum capacity.