1. JDF Sheetfed Press Operations
Matthias Beyer
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

2. Who‘s this person?

3. Johannes Gutenberg (~1400 – 1468)
First known workflow in a printshop?!
„Order Management“
Order:
Bible, 2 Volumes
150 x Paper
30 x Parchment 2
„Prepress“
42 Lines
1282 Sheets
Press
Postpress

4. Workflow nowadays - Press Controller JDF Integration
MIS
Signal
Command 2
(2) SubmitQueueEntry
(1) SubmitQueueEntry
(6) Status
(3) Status
(7) ReturnQueueEntry
(5) ReturnQueueEntry
PressController
Prepress
(4) Resource

5. Conventional Printing Sheetfed ICS
Connectivity between MIS  Press Controller described in
ICS-MISCPS, based on
ICS-MIS
ICS-Base
Connectivity between Prepress  Press described in
ICS-PRECP, based on
ICS-MIS-Prepress

6. ICS-MISCPS Level1 Level2 Jobticket submission via hotfolder
no messaging supported by the Press Controller
Level2
messaging according to ICS-Base Level3

7. Sample of information provided by MIS to the Press Controller
Common Job Information
JobName
JDF
SheetName
JDF [ConventionalPrinitng] / Component [Output]
Amount
/ AmountPool[Good]

8. Sample of information provided by MIS to the Press Controller
Printing Material Information
non preprocessed sheets
Human readable Media name: Media
Media dimensions: Media Media
preprinted / precutted Media
Sheet Length / Width: Component [Input]
Media information: Component [Input] / Layout

9. Sample of information provided by MIS to the Press Controller
Color Information
Colors on sheet and order of printing
ColorantControl / DeviceColorantOrder
Colors to print
ExposedMedia
Name of a Colorant
ColorantControl / ColorPool / Color
Standard Process Colorant yes / no
ColorantControl / ColorPool / Color
Information initially provided by MIS, update by Prepress (Resource Command)

10. Sample of information provided by MIS to the Press Controller
More Process information
Human readable workstep name: ConventionalPrintingParams
Workstyle: ConventionalPrintingParams
Simplex: One pass, one set of plates.
Perfecting: One pass, two sets of plates
WorkAndBack: Two passes, two sets of plates
WorkAndTumble / WorkAndTurn: Two passes, one set of plates.

11. Sample of information provided by Press Controller to the MIS
Signaling (Status)
Current Device Status
DeviceInfo
DeviceInfo
Job Status
DeviceInfo /
DeviceInfo / JobPhase Amount of Component (Output) already produced
DeviceInfo / JobPhase
DeviceInfo / JobPhase Node processing progress in %

12. Sample of information provided by Press Controller to the MIS
Progress signaling for different WorkStyles
@WorkStyle=„Simplex“ (all color separations)
Input: ExposedMedia
SignatureName Ö
SheetName
Side
Front
Separation
@Amount
@PercentCompleted
Output: JMF Status,...
SignatureName Ö
SheetName
Side
Front
Separation -
Pass 1

13. Sample of information provided by Press Controller to the MIS
Progress signaling for different WorkStyles
@WorkStyle=„Perfecting“(all color separations)
Input: ExposedMedia
SignatureName Ö
SheetName
Side
Front, Back
Separation
@Amount
@PercentCompleted
Output: JMF Status,...
SignatureName Ö
SheetName
Side -
Separation
Pass 1

14. Sample of information provided by Press Controller to the MIS
Progress signaling for different WorkStyles
@WorkStyle=„WorkAndBack“ (both sides, all separations)
Input: ExposedMedia
SignatureName Ö
SheetName
Side
Front, Back
Separation
@Amount
@PercentCompleted
Output: JMF Status,...
SignatureName Ö
SheetName
Side
Front, Back
Separation -
Pass 1
Pass 2

15. Sample of information provided by Press Controller to the MIS
Progress signaling for different WorkStyles
@WorkStyle=„WorkAndTumble“, „WorkAndTurn“
Input: ExposedMedia
SignatureName Ö
SheetName
Side
Front
Separation
@Amount
@PercentCompleted
Output: JMF Status,...
SignatureName Ö
SheetName
Side
Front, Back
Separation -
Pass 1
Pass 2

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