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

By Gretchen Peck

JDF is the brainchild of CIP4, the International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress, a group comprised of a worldwide roster of print industry professionals responsible for rolling out the standard. Although vendors largely contribute to CIP4, JDF is an open-systems, vendor- and platform-neutral, data format.