VARIABLE-DATA SOLUTIONS--Refining Raw Data

The more insidious concern is marketing related. Can all the companies put aside their self-interests and act in the common good?

Some of the manufacturers involved in developing and implementing PPML have been players in other efforts to achieve system interoperability. Most notable was the attempt in the late 1980s to develop an interchangeable file format for use in color electronic prepress systems (CEPS). The standard had an official designation, but the development effort was generally referred to as DDES—Digital Data Exchange Standards.