Catalog Production in the Digital Age

In addition to now supporting PDF/X-1a, the DDAP-endorsed industry standard for digital ad exchange, it also accepts and processes Job Definition Format (JDF) data. JDF, according to the standards organization that gave it birth (www.cip4.org), is a comprehensive XML-based file format/proposed industry standard for end-to-end job ticket specifications that has the ability to carry a print job from genesis through completion. It includes detailed descriptions of the creative, prepress, press, post-press and delivery processes.