Job Definition Format (JDF)
In-depth
JDF and Adobe products
As one of the founding authors of JDF, Adobe continues to work with standards bodies and industry partners to bring new JDF-enabled tools, products, and services to market. With a product line that spans from content creation to print production, Adobe is uniquely positioned to integrate JDF into a broad range of inter-connected solutions.
Adobe products and technologies bring JDF functionality to each phase of the workflow: creation, preflight/prepress, and production.
Document creation
During content creation, Adobe Creative Suite 3 and Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional leverage JDF technology to offer reliable, predictable content design and submission.
- Bridges the communications gap from creation to prepress
- Introduces clear instructions up front that travel with the file
- Reduces guesswork and uncertainty, and increases productivity
- Predictably and accurately translates design intent into final output
Preflight/prepress
With Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional, Adobe PDF Print Engine and PostScript 3 RIPs, Adobe and its development partners help prepress professionals leverage the power of JDF to automate workflows.
- Eliminates the rekeying of information, as JDF instructions are already embedded in incoming files
- Integrates with the creation stage, eliminating the costs of "fixing" files
- Automates and streamlines prepress steps, reducing manual and redundant tasks
- Improves the reliability and dependability of the workflow
- Saves time and lowers operating costs
- Helps reduce errors and improve profitability
- Enables the processing of files reliably and accurately, resulting in higher output quality
Production
Adobe PDF JobReady and Adobe JDF-enabled output devices provide reliable integration with the printing press, digital press, or post-press devices.
- Connects processes and products from multiple vendors dependably, using an open workflow standard
- Speeds production with automated workflow instructions between prepress, output, and finishing steps
- Saves time, improving job turnaround; lowers costs, offering a competitive edge
- Provides valuable feedback to production teams to bypass bottlenecks and balance workload
- Produces reliable, high-quality output, leading to greater customer satisfaction
- Offers a tie-in to enterprise systems for billing, shipping, job reporting, future estimating, asset management, materials ordering, CRM and supply chain activities, and more
