JDF & CIM -- Issues Are Not so CIMple

"But most printers have older prepress, press and postpress equipment. Printers also have older MIS and shop-floor systems. It may be that some legacy equipment will never be integrated," he asserts.

There are additional fine points to Romano's argument that will be covered later.

One of the main points Harvey has made in response to this assessment is that JDF implementation is not an all-or-nothing proposition. Pioneering printers are analyzing their workflows to identify inefficiencies while also checking the JDF readiness of current components of their production infrastructures, he says. They are finding that even limited applications can pay worthwhile dividends and lay the groundwork for future end-to-end JDF integration, the CIP4 exec reports.