INDUSTRY STANDARDS — FOR THE COMMON GOOD

According to Kennedy, proofing system certifications for SWOP and GRACoL will resume this month. “The hard-copy proofing certification will be ‘to the numbers’ and the monitor proofing certification will move ‘to the numbers’ by early 2007,” she says.

Job Definition Format
JDF remains a specification, and not a formal standard. Its ongoing development continues to be under the direction of CIP4 (The International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress).