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

By Gretchen Peck

While the JDF specification is an intimidating 700-plus pages, it boils down to this: If those in the catalog industry — and all facets of it, including catalogers, prepress suppliers, printers, vendors and developers — band together in support of the standard, the result promises to be a more consistent and economical way to print catalogs.