JDF Product Certification Program launched

The foundation of the JDF Product Certification Program is the Interoperability Conformance Specification (ICS) documents, created by CIP4 technical working groups over the last three years. Each ICS document is focused on a specific interface between two types of graphic arts systems. For instance, the first set of tests available are based on the “Layout Creator to Imposition” ICS document. This ICS defines the interface between a layout creation tool and a consumer of the fully populated JDF “layout resource” - the files and metadata required by output devices. The layout creation tool may be entirely manually driven, or it may be controlled using the JDF processes. Tools that consume the layout resource files and metadata may include a device that produces an imposed content file or prepress workflow system that performs RIPing and imposition.