JDF - Recipe for Soup ... and a Sandwich

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Enhancing a PDF workflow with JDF functionality has benefits for both designer/customer and print provider, according to Plettinck. "When the printer opens the PDF, all the necessary information is immediately loaded into the system without retyping. Printers can create JDF templates and make them available to customers who load them in their versions of the software. Designers then open the template or JDF form in Acrobat or InDesign and all the job elements that the printers manage via JDF are there for the designer to fill in."