JDF Interoperability Matrix (the “Matrix”) has topped over 500 pairings according to the International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4). The Matrix, a popular tool for printers, shows what integrations are available via JDF between vendors of graphic arts systems.
"The JDF Integration Matrix is an exciting program. Since its introduction last spring at drupa, the Matrix has been growing constantly," said CIP4 CEO Margaret Motamed of EFI. "Today, there are over 60 additional integrations in the system waiting for various verifications and checks and more are being added every day. It has become the most dynamic reference that CIP4 provides to the industry."
While equipment needs to be setup and tested prior to operations, JDF-enabled systems are capable of being integrated in an automated and networked environment.
"While two devices may be cable of using JDF to communicate, in setup, the systems in a workflow need to know what a new device is specifically capable of doing and what it's limitations, capacities and so forth are," said CIP4 Education and Marketing Officer, Mark Wilton of Wilton & Partners Consulting Inc. "If there is a working integration between two devices already in the field, then subsequent installations are much easier and less expensive. In fact, for several JDF-enabled MIS systems and prepress system adding a known device can be a simple as picking name from a list."
Interface listings in the Matrix may have one of four "statuses": In progress (two vendors have a regular relationship and have an interface in development); Available (an interface between systems from the two vendors is established and available for purchase and installation); Installed (the interface between the systems of the vendors is installed at a printer’s shop); and Customer Confirmed (a printer has confirmed with a CIP4 staff member that the installation is being used in daily production and meets the user’s expectations).
To access the JDF Integration Matrix, visit http://www.cip4.org/matrix.
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