JDF To Be or Not to Be --Waldman

As a 40-year observer of the printing industry, he feels suppliers apply standards as they see fit. "What happens when there are revisions to the specification and Supplier A implements them and Supplier B does not? Interoperability is then not operable," Romano says. "CIP4 has said that JDF is a constantly evolving standard. Who then will pay for the constantly evolving upgrades? Printers, that's who."