Reaffirm Long-Standing Support of Open Architecture and Industry Standards at Seybold JDF Tour
September 09, 2003 09:05:00 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2003--
Workflow Leaders Demonstrate Electronic Job Ticket Language to Enable Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Electronics For Imaging EFII and Printcafe PCAF have joined forces with other industry innovators to promote JDF, the emerging print industry standard for electronic job ticketing at this week's Seybold San Francisco. EFI will show three products, including Velocity OneFlow(TM) pre-press software, integrated with a six-step JDF-enabled production workflow across a variety of creative software, pre-press and Printcafe MIS software, and digital and offset presses from a range of industry vendors. The Seybold JDF Demonstration Tour runs from September 9 through 11 and is located at Moscone West, Level 1.
JDF (Job Definition Format) is the emerging print industry standard for electronic job ticketing, enabling open systems for Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM). The JDF language streamlines information exchange, reducing human error and increasing cost efficiency by tracking essential job information throughout the print cycle regardless of the software applications or presses used. The Seybold JDF Workflow Tour will cover six stages of job creation and production, demonstrating how customers and printers will benefit from adopting the JDF standard.
EFI will show three products integrated into the multi-vendor, JDF workflow: Velocity OneFlow(TM), Velocity Balance(TM) and Fiery(R) controllers. These EFI products connect via JDF to form an open system for Computer Integrated Manufacturing that includes web job submission applications, pre-press tools, MIS software, and digital and offset presses. Printcafe, which is being acquired by EFI, is showing their Hagen OA(R) MIS software that will be sharing business data, via JDF, with both the digital and offset presses.
"We are very excited to show how JDF can make Computer Integrated Manufacturing a completely open system that can work with any printer's hardware," said Ghilad Dziesietnik, EFI Vice President of Advanced Workflow. "EFI is committed to promoting and integrating the JDF open standard for electronic job ticketing. With JDF, every printer and every print customer can increase their productivity and cost efficiency by having a print job's 'genetic code' transferred automatically every step of the printing process. What the customer requests then becomes exactly what the output delivers."
"Printcafe is also deeply committed to promoting CIM and we are pleased to show how our Hagen OA software is integrated, using JDF, with both digital and offset workflows," said Marc Olin, CEO of Printcafe.
"EFI and Printcafe have been key participants in all of Seybold's leadership JDF initiatives," said Craig Cline, Vice President of Content for MediaLive International, organizers of Seybold Seminars. "We are very excited to have them as major players in both our Seybold JDF Workflow Tour and the Seybold CIP4 JDF Summit."
About Electronics For Imaging
Electronics For Imaging (www.efi.com) is the world leader in imaging solutions for network printing. EFI's industry-leading core technologies offer powerful document management tools, seamless networking, high fidelity color and black-and-white output, and greater productivity and cost efficiency. EFI products support a broad range of printers, copiers, multifunction devices and mobile communications devices delivering printer speeds of up to 2000 ppm in color. EFI's innovative imaging solutions include the Fiery(R), EDOX(R), Splash(TM) and DocStream(TM) brands of print controllers; Velocity(TM) suite of workflow software; Best(TM) inkjet proofing software; and PrintMe(TM) mobile printing solutions. EFI maintains 23 offices worldwide.
NOTE TO EDITORS: EFI, Fiery and EDOX are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and/or certain other foreign jurisdictions. Best, PrintMe, Splash, DocStream, and Velocity are trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.
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