Esko-Graphics and JDF Jan De Roeck Marketing Director Packaging Software Esko-Graphics

2 Printing – the key production process for our customers

3 Commercial Printing

4 Packaging

5 Esko-Graphics Workflow Products Commercial Print FlowDrive –Based on Harlequin RIP –Esko-Graphics Technology components added FastLane Next Generation –Uses Adobe codev PostScript kernel for Ps and PDF interpretation –Esko-Graphics Technology components added Packaging FastLane for Packaging –Common core technology basis

6 proofing Commercial Print: focus on graphics prepress plate- making graphic design DESIGN printing PRODUCTION PRE- PRODUCTION Integrated solutions: Hardware, Software and Services

7 proofing Packaging: focus on graphics and structure prepress plate- making graphic design DESIGN printing diecutting/ stripping PRODUCTION CAD/CAM die- & tool- making structural design PRE- PRODUCTION samplemaking Integrated solutions: Hardware, Software and Services

8 FastLane and JDF Esko-Graphics own developments JDF Consumer –Administrative information –Production information –Imposition information –Job Status information JDF Producer –Job Status info towards 3rd party MIS Vendors –Ink settings (CIP3 – InkPlanner) –Separation info (FastImpose!)

9 MIS -> FastLane When to exchange? –MIS pushes a new or updated job to prepress –Prepress remains in control: no automatic update –Prepress reports back to MIS: proofs are made, plates are made, imposition changed,… proofing prepress plate- making graphic design DESIGN printing PRODUCTION PRE- PRODUCTION MIS JDF

10 MIS -> FastLane Order Information Ordernumber and its parts –Cover, Body, Insert,... Customer information –Contact coordinates –Address –

11 MIS -> FastLane Product Information Number of pages Trim size Binding info (prefect bound, saddle stitch,…) Information about Plates Inks, lineatures and dotshape Number of plates Versions (language variants) Deadlines

12 MIS -> FastLane Information about Proofs What proofs to make Where, how and when to send When to receive from customer Information about the Artwork When to receive How will it be sent Who will send Pagelist information

13 MIS -> FastLane Information about the Imposition High Level description of the imposition scheme generated by production planning or estimating software. Proposal by Esko-Graphics for JDF 1.2: LayoutObject

14 FastLane -> MIS Job Status information –Job status on sheets, proofs, plates

15 FastLane -> MIS/Press Color settings for the Printing Press (CIP3) –InkPlanner

16 FastLane -> 3rd party Rips Sheet Layout LayoutPreparationParams

17 JDF Roadmap Interoperability tests –We participate in all Interoperability tests with Prototype software –Challenge is to build interoperability between heterogenous systems –Last Interoperability meeting in San Jose (CA): Esko-Graphics BackStage consumes JDF imposition from Preps (Creo) –Further cooperation initiatives ongoing (MIS, Online collaboration,...), we will show more real life use-cases at the upcoming Interoperability Meetings. Conclusion –Esko-Graphics is Full Member of the CIP4 organization and plays an active role in the JDF developments for pre-production workflows. –Key development areas: - PDF as the native data container - JDF as the electronic job-bag –JDF links to 3rd party MIS systems have high priority

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19 Seven Minutes with a JDF Vendor Request for feedback Any comments, suggestions or questions related to this presentation, this session or this event, please refer to the coordinates below. Speaker Coordinates Jan De Roeck Marketing Director Packaging Software Esko-Graphics Tel: Fax.: Visit us at: Seybold Seybold Seminars 303 Vintage Park Drive Foster City, CA Phone: Hans Hartman Craig Cline Web resources –Esko-Graphics –DeskPack: –Seybold Publications