In the printing industry, automation has evolved from buzzword to crucial necessity for tackling challenges like rising costs, the shrinking skilled labour pool, and bringing more efficiency to print workflows. To achieve true automation requires a streamlined approach that eliminates unnecessary touchpoints, reduces costs, and minimizes errors. Leveraging industry best practices, Solimar supports RISO production cut-sheet print solutions using Job Definition Format (JDF) and Job Messaging Format (JMF) to provide an infrastructure for efficiency through automation!
While we often think of automation as physical, more related to machines, software automation is the powerful, essential element of process automation. JDF and JMF emerged as the enabling processes to bring data capture and task enablement to job tracking and process integration.
The power of JDF is that the file can contain the definitions for every process required for a print job across every type of printing method using the language of an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) schema. Think of JDF as the set of instructions, and JMF as the connecting framework between the JDF instruction set and other software solutions and equipment.
Solimar uses JDF/JMF as one communication method to acquire data that updates workflow processes and applications as needed. The Solimar® Chemistry™ platform products Rubika®, Solimar® Print Director™ Enterprise (SPDE), and SOLitrack™ leverage JDF to automate communication and supply data to tracking elements.
Learn how Solimar and RISO worked on making it easy for this mutual client.
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