JDF - Recipe for Soup ... and a Sandwich

One way to check for errors, says Hole, "is to make the process traceable. If the system can be tracked, it can provide global status information of the process, checking on deadlines (and) reprioritizing tasks when needed. Many think JDF is the solution."

In the soup

While both PDF and JDF have been endorsed as industry standards by the International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress Consortium (CIP4), they perform very different functions.