Automation

Graph Expo 2008 Marks a Crossroads in Workflow Automation

Our industry has a long tradition of peer-to-peer learning, but an overlooked resource are print students, who are both good innovators and good teachers. This was evident last spring when Rochester Institute of Technology president William Destler declared May 3 a campus-wide “Imagine RIT Festival.” Innovations across all disciplines were presented to the local community.
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Xerox FreeFlow Extends Automation Across Prepress Printing

Performing prepress production functions – from simple tasks such as inserting tabs into a print job to complex color matching – can cause bottlenecks that dramatically reduce productivity. Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today announced several additions to its industry-leading FreeFlow® suite of workflow software and hardware .
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GRAPH EXPO: JDF Works II
Adobe, FOLDRite, Avanti, Kodak and Duplo technologies print Must See 'Ems; Heidelberg, EFI demos. 

The International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4) organization and Graphic Arts Show Corporation (GASC) announced details for the JDF Works Print Shop Live! program at GRAPH EXPO® 2008. The JDF Works Print Shop Live! is designed to show attendees exactly what can be accomplished using today’s print production automation technologies.
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What's Inside The JDF Code?
Machines use Job Definition Format to communicate orders. But what are they really telling each other? 

Another article on JDF? Yes, but this time we go inside the technology to show what JDF actually is. We take a look at the language that JDF is written in—XML. We explore real-life examples of JDF automation using Kodak, Harlequin, Agfa, etc.—drawn from live jobs.
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Profitable JDF at Graph Expo

Demonstrating to printers JDF's potential for profit, GRAPH EXPO® 2008 will showcase for the first time ever a JDF workflow live on the show floor this October 26 - 29, 2008, in Chicago's McCormick Place South. Involving several vendors and the CIP4 Organization, JDF Works Print Shop Live! is designed to show attendees exactly what can be accomplished with technologies that are already available today.
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