When you standardize how you process jobs you remove many of the variables in print production. Workflow systems can do this for you.

By James Lockman

JDF at the Core
JDF (job definition file) is a standard way of defining all aspects of a print job. Maintained by CIP4, JDF is an open standard that many manufacturers have embraced. JMF (job messaging format) allows software and hardware to communicate with each other without having to learn proprietary languages.