JDF - Recipe for Soup ... and a Sandwich

"Potentially, JDF has an impact on the complete workflow—even before a PDF for the package or label exists," says Lieven Plettinck, packaging R&D manager at Esko-Graphics and chairman of the CIP4 JDF for Packaging Committee. For example, "It can be used in the communication between the end-customer and the MIS of the prepress house or converter. JDF Intent Resources can capture what the customer has in mind and feed that into the MIS. In the MIS, this information can be completed by CSRs and technical specialists. From the MIS, JDFs can be sent to the prepress floor with the actual processes and resources to be executed in the making of the final production files. Likewise, MIS instructions can be communicated to the finishing equipment."