Dr. Rainer Prosi Technical Officer - CIP4 Senior Software Architect - Heidelberg JDF Use Cases Moving Towards an Integrated Workflow.

Dr. Rainer Prosi

Technical Officer - CIP4

Senior Software Architect - Heidelberg

JDF Use CasesMoving Towards an Integrated Workflow

Today´s Challenges

• Management Information - and Planning systems will be tightly integrated with production resources

• Need a vendor neutral, comprehensive, interoperable electronic job ticket

Managing the Value ChainIdea

A Large Part of the Complete Picture

Request

Estimate

Production planning

Production control

Tracking

Order Intake

Quote

Job Costing

Shop FloorData Collection

Delivery

Process planning

Billing

Product Intent

Normalizing

Impositioning

Rendering

Plate making(offline)

Preflighting

Color Separating

Image including

Presetting

Image Control

Printing

Cutting

Folding

Stitching

Print Control

PostPress Control

Plate making(inline)

Forms Proofing

Trapping

Page Proofing

Color Conversion

Collating

Variable data authoring

Print Control

Variable data merging

Rendering

Color Separating

Trapping

Printing

Cutting

Binding

Variable data

Pages

Impositioning

MIS / PPS

Conventio

nal Pro

duction

Digital P

roducti

on

Creative

Fulfilment

Job Schedulin

g / Tra

cking

Intent

Customer

eCommerce MIS

One Step at a Time

It is NOT necessary to deploy JDF automation completely and in one step!Pick the cherries that bring immediate value for your use case!Ensure that your JDF upgrade path remains open!

A Large Part of the Complete Picture

Normalizing

Impositioning

Rendering

Plate making(offline)

Preflighting

Color Separating

Image including

Presetting

Image Control

Printing

Cutting

Folding

Stitching

Print Control

PostPress Control

Plate making(inline)

Forms Proofing

Trapping

Page Proofing

Color Conversion

Collating

Variable data authoring

Print Control

Variable data merging

Rendering

Color Separating

Trapping

Printing

Cutting

Binding

Variable data

Pages

Impositioning

Request

Estimate

Production planning

Production control

Tracking

Order Intake

Quote

Job Costing

Shop FloorData Collection

Delivery

Process planning

Billing

Product Intent

Intent

Customer

eCommerce MIS

MIS / Customer Interface

• Define a Job as the Customer Sees it• Interface to either:

• An eCommerce Site• An MIS System

• Enhancement of existing Business Systems

• Job Tracking for the Customer• Status of the Job• Completion Notice

A Large Part of the Complete Picture

Normalizing

Impositioning

Rendering

Plate making(offline)

Preflighting

Color Separating

Image including

Presetting

Image Control

Printing

Cutting

Folding

Stitching

Print Control

PostPress Control

Plate making(inline)

Forms Proofing

Trapping

Page Proofing

Color Conversion

Collating

Variable data authoring

Print Control

Variable data merging

Rendering

Color Separating

Trapping

Printing

Cutting

Binding

Variable data

Pages

Impositioning

Request

Estimate

Production planning

Production control

Tracking

Order Intake

Quote

Job Costing

Shop FloorData Collection

Delivery

Process planning

Billing

Product Intent

Intent

Customer

MIS / PPS

JDF from MIS and PPS

• Management Information System can define a job in JDF that will be managed by the Production Planning System

• Production Results can be logged in the Job Ticket

• PPS and MIS can communicate in real time using JMF• Change Orders from MIS to PPS• Production changes from PPS to MIS

A Large Part of the Complete Picture

Normalizing

Impositioning

Rendering

Plate making(offline)

Preflighting

Color Separating

Image including

Presetting

Image Control

Printing

Cutting

Folding

Stitching

Print Control

PostPress Control

Plate making(inline)

Forms Proofing

Trapping

Page Proofing

Color Conversion

Collating

Variable data authoring

Print Control

Variable data merging

Rendering

Color Separating

Trapping

Printing

Cutting

Binding

Variable data

Pages

Impositioning

Request

Estimate

Production planning

Production control

Tracking

Order Intake

Quote

Job Costing

Shop FloorData Collection

Delivery

Process planning

Billing

Product Intent

Intent

Customer

Job Schedulin

g / Tra

cking

Job Tracking

• MIS/PPS can communicate with Devices in Real Time using JMF• Device Status• Employee Occupations• Job Status• Device may be represented by a Proxy Controller

• Support for Legacy Devices• Support for Devices that lack a Computer

• PPS can dynamically schedule jobs to devices• Scheduling of related jobs• Load Balancing• Overlapping Workflow

A Large Part of the Complete Picture

Normalizing

Impositioning

Rendering

Plate making(offline)

Preflighting

Color Separating

Image including

Presetting

Image Control

Printing

Cutting

Folding

Stitching

Print Control

PostPress Control

Plate making(inline)

Forms Proofing

Trapping

Page Proofing

Color Conversion

Collating

Variable data authoring

Print Control

Variable data merging

Rendering

Color Separating

Trapping

Printing

Cutting

Binding

Variable data

Pages

Impositioning

Request

Estimate

Production planning

Production control

Tracking

Order Intake

Quote

Job Costing

Shop FloorData Collection

Delivery

Process planning

Billing

Product Intent

Intent

Customer

Conventio

nal Pro

duction

Conventional Production / Presetting

• Prepress Workflow• Page Preparation• Imposition• Plate Making

• Press Workflow• Ink Zone Presetting• Color Control

• PostPress Workflow• Folding• Cutting• Binding• …

Prepress WorkflowPrepress Workflow

Normalizing

Color Conversion

Trapping

Impositioning

Rendering

Plate making

Preflighting

Color Separating

Image including

Presetting

Printing

Cutting

Folding

Stitching

PostPress Control

Plate making(inline)

Page Proofing

Forms Proofing

Image Control

Print Control

Prepress Workflow

• Complete Functionality of PJTF• Page Preparation• Imposition• Plate Making• Proofing

• Added Value:• Integration with MIS/PPS

• Imposition Setup• Ganging of Jobs• Scheduling the Black Hole of Prepress• Linking of Proofing and Approval

• New Features• PDF/X specifics• Interoperable Preflight Profiles and Reports

Press WorkflowPress Workflow

Normalizing

Color Conversion

Trapping

Impositioning

Rendering

Plate making

Preflighting

Color Separating

Image including

Presetting

Printing

Cutting

Folding

Stitching

PostPress Control

Plate making(inline)

Page Proofing

Forms Proofing

Image Control

Print Control

Press Workflow

• Complete Functionality of CIP3 PPF• Ink Zone Presetting• Closed Loop Color Control

• Added Value:• Integration with MIS/PPS

• Request remake of plates• From an MIS/PPS, if used• From a Plate Setter / RIP if no MIS/

• New Features• Multiple Previews for closed loop color• Scavenger Areas for web presses

PostPress WorkflowPostPress Workflow

Normalizing

Color Conversion

Trapping

Impositioning

Rendering

Plate making

Preflighting

Color Separating

Image including

Presetting

Printing

Cutting

Folding

Stitching

PostPress Control

Plate making(inline)

Page Proofing

Forms Proofing

Image Control

Print Control

PostPress Workflow

• Complete Functionality of CIP3 PPF• Folding• Cutting• Binding

• Added Value:• Integration with MIS/PPS• New Features

• Additional Processes• Packing• Hardcover Book Binding

Digital Production

Normalizing

Impositioning

Rendering

Plate making(offline)

Preflighting

Color Separating

Image including

Presetting

Image Control

Printing

Cutting

Folding

Stitching

Print Control

PostPress Control

Plate making(inline)

Forms Proofing

Trapping

Page Proofing

Color Conversion

Collating

Variable data authoring

Print Control

Variable data merging

Rendering

Color Separating

Trapping

Printing

Cutting

Binding

Variable data

Pages

Impositioning

Request

Estimate

Production planning

Production control

Tracking

Order Intake

Quote

Job Costing

Shop FloorData Collection

Delivery

Process planning

Billing

Product Intent

Intent

Customer

Digital P

roducti

on

Digital Production

• Full Support of PJTF and CIP3 PPF Features• PJTF for RIP / Imposition• CIP3 PPF for Finishing

• Added Value:• Variable Data Support

• Variable Content• Variable Finishing• Verification

• Inline and Nearline Finishing support

JDF Is Here

It is NOT necessary to deploy JDF automation completely and in one step!Pick the cherries that bring immediate value for your use case!Ensure that your JDF upgrade path remains open!

That’s it!

Thank You for Your Attention

Dr. Rainer ProsiTechnical Officer - CIP4

Senior Software Architect - Heidelberg