Introducing PDF To CIP3's Format

Felleman reports, at present, the current version of CIP3's PPF is based on storing data in PostScript format and is completely independent of PDF, but that will change as CIP3 opens up to the PJTF and its role in enabling a PDF workflow.

"We have already seen some successful implementations of PPF, and moving to a PJTF-based workflow that incorporates PPF is going to make product implementations that much easier and more powerful," he explains, noting that emerging technologies like Adobe Post-Script Extreme—Adobe's latest architecture for PDF-based prepress workflows—rely on PDF and PJTF to deliver reliable digital workflows.