Job Definition Format

To remain competitive, automation is becoming increasingly important for companies in the printing industry. In the past, efforts in this area have been hindered by proprietary interfaces. The JDF data format allows for the description of business and production-related data of a print job. It is supported and promoted by manufacturers in the printing and media industry. Therefore, JDF serves as the means to achieve seamless process integration in the printing sector. In addition to an introduction to common processes and terms in the printing industry, the book explains the historical development, application environment, and technical structure of JDF. Furthermore, it provides an overview of the available tools and programming interfaces. Through examples, it demonstrates how the SDK provided by CIP4 (Java and C++) can be used to generate JDF documents. The examples in the book are based on Java. The book is aimed at technical decision-makers and developers who want to enter the field of process optimization with JDF.