PRINT 05 PREPRESS WORKFLOW & CTP -- Streamlining the Prepress Process

Quiet a few new strands would have been added just at the show, particularly in the areas of interfacing offset and digital workflows and marketing of new plate technologies.

Though not expressly sold as JDF (Job Definition Format) solutions, that technology generally underlies the new mechanisms for connecting offset and digital workflows. Vendors chose to focus on specific functionality, rather than any grand vision of CIM (computer-integrated manufacturing) enabled by JDF. In fact, the term CIM is noticeably absent from show materials.