Like a Super Drupa --Waldman

It should come as no surprise that companies like Adobe are leading the way, particularly since Adobe's development of the Portable Job Ticket Format along with CIP3's (forerunner to CIP4) Print Production Format laid the foundation for JDF.

But Adobe's continued efforts are essential because PDF is an integral part of what will become the PDF/JDF workflow and, as you are well aware, the RIP is at the core of prepress. Accordingly, Adobe's latest releases of both Adobe Distiller 1.5 in Adobe Acrobat 6 Professional and PostScript 3016 are both JDF compatible. But Adobe is just one of many major industry suppliers that have JDF-enabled products to show. Heidelberg, EFI, Xerox, Creo, Agfa, MAN Roland are among a long list.