PDF Print product metadata

PDF Print Product Metadata

This page gives you a short summary of the PDF print product metadata technology. In addition, you can follow the link if you like to purchase the corresponding ISO specification. CIP4 has a long-term plan to expand our current work with ISO in order to incorporate XJDF technology into the Technical Commitee ISO TC-130 (Graphic technology).

Finally, there is a link to some samples. These are mainly intended for developers, but also to everybody, who likes to study those implementations.

Executive Summary - What is PDF Print Product Metadata?

This technology allow you to save product definition data into PDF.

PDF Print Product Metadata Specification

The details concerning the PDF Print Product Metadata have been published by ISO as an international standard.

New JDF ICS for Quality Control

The CIP4 organization is proud to introduce our latest Interoperability Conformance Specification [ICS] relating to automation and integration in commercial print enterprises. This ICS focuses upon the relationship and communication between real-time quality control measurement/monitoring in a PSP, an administrative MIS system for the a JDF job, and the Customer.

CIP4 TSC

JDF - an interface for your MIS to Play Well With Others...

JDF we developed as an interface between a disparaging assemblage of software and hardware solutions in a standardized manner. Until JDF, most MIS integrations required custom interfaces and conversion tools. JDF simplifies that integration, and brings numerous benefits from an automation perspective.

The JDF Organizations' Goal