Maybe. So here’s what you need to know about the Job Definition Format protocol.

By Gretchen Peck

The point is that things continue to move quickly in the printing world. And as quickly as digital file exchange became the norm, pundits predict the same for JDF. Printers will lead the march for their customers.

Upon Further Study

While the vendor and supplier side of the business is hard at work creating and implementing new JDF-compliant solutions, you’d be wise to start investigating the standard to understand how it undoubtedly will affect your catalog production workflow in the future. And it will, for JDF is not just about back-end processes. The bulk of the JDF information captured about your job will happen on the front end, at the creative level.