why you should join cip4

Why You Should Join CIP4

Christian Anschütz, Membership Officer

Mark Wilton, Education and Marketing Officer

What is CIP4 ?

• “The International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress”

• Promotion and development of the “Job Definition Format” (JDF)

• Registered in Switzerland since 2001

• CIP4 brings together vendors, consultants, and end-users in the print communications, graphic arts industry, and associated sectors, covering a variety of equipment, software, peripherals, and processes.

• Members participate in focused working groups to define the

– Job Definition Format (JDF), PrintTalk, and other standards relevant to process automation;

– to study user requirements; to test product interoperability; and to

– develop a range of JDF software development tools.

CIP4 is international

Status: May,27th 08

Started July 2000 with 40 members – Now 317 Members, 29 Countries

Who are you?

Total: 319 / Status: ;May, 27th 2008

Share of end users 27% !

Key tasks of JDF

• Order bag: Product description & production way

• Scheduler: Planning details

• Automation: Presetting information

• Status: Job tracking & controlling

• Job costing:Shop floor data collection

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JDF Integration with Prinect • drupa 2008

Benefits for vendors and consultants

• Open source tools

– Faster JDF adoption by using JDF libraries

– Benefit from standardized methodes

• Documentation

• JDF Marketplace

• Community:

– Technical working groups

– Regular Interop Meetings

– Knowledge exchange

Resources: Collaboration

• WebEx - CIP4´s key communication tool

• Document Archives

– including drafts and subject papers not available to the public

• Member Email Forum (Browser Accessible)

• Working Group Email Archives

• CIP4 Wiki

Resources: The Standards

• Job Definition Format Specification

• JDF Schema

• Printtalk Reference Implementation & Schema

• Interoperability Conformance Specifications

• Application Notes

• Print Production Format (“CIP3”)

Resources: Tools

• Software Development Kits

– Java and C++

• JDF Editor (Mac, PC, or Source)

• CheckJDF Utility

• FixJDF Utility

• Alces

• Elks

JDF Marketplace

• Publicly available resource for finding the latest information on JDF-

enabled products and services available

– JDF Jobticket Software

– JDF Workflow and MIS systems

– JMF-enabled systems and equipment

– Development tools

– JDF consulting

• Free listing for CIP4 members

• Up to 2 regular editions per year

• Maintained by the members themselves

Benefits for printers

• Get involved

– Accesss to all resources, e.g. documentation

• Community:

– Share your needs and requirements

• Business promotion

– CIP4 Cybermall

Privileged membership at reduced annual fee.

CIP4 Cybermall – Meet Your Business Partner

• Free advertising service

• Multilingual

• Multiple sales areas

• No need to own JDF enabled

products -appropriate for

– Printers, bookbinders and

prepress services

– Consultancy, services, institutes,

associations

– vendors

Join our multilingual user forums!

• Share your thoughts, needs and

requirements with more than 156

vendors worldwide.

• You do not need to be a technical or

JDF expert!

• Available in Spanish, French,

German, English, Japanese

Resources: Learning

• Open JDF Tutorials

• JDF Tutorial Slides

• Introduction to CIP4/JDF/JMF

• FAQ

• Glossary of Terms

• JDF Expert Certificate Program

– English (IPA)

– Spanish (TAJMAR)

• BRIDG’s Managers Guide to JDF

Resources: Document Archives

• White Papers

– General

– Business/ROI

– Case Study

– Integration/Technical

• Presentations

CIP4 Membership

• $150 USD/Year for Associate class membership– Includes all faculty and staff

– Access to 30+ working groups and committees

– Member Directory

– Interop Events

– Email Archive

– Sample JDF and JMF instances

– Pre-release copies of standard

– Marketing Opportunities for Continuing Education

– Resume or position postings in JDF Bulletin

CIP4 Membership

• $3000 USD/Year for Full class membership– Includes all of the above plus …

– Interop participation

– Option to participate in JDF Parks and Pavilions at major events (ex. drupa, Ipex, IGAS, Print, and Graph Expo)

– Speaking opportunities

– Free listings in JDF Marketplace, JDF Matrix, and Cybermall

– Business Networking Group mingles, summits and other programs

– Access to JDF product certification testing program

– Right to use JDF tools (ex. SDKs) in commercial products

CIP4 Membership

• $15,000 USD/Year for Partner class membership– Includes all of the above plus …

– Guaranteed seat on the CIP4 Advisory Board

How to apply…

• At the JDF Experience reception desk

• Online at http://www.cip4.org/members/application_form/

The End

Thank You

Membership_officer@cip4.org

Christian.anschuetz@heidelberg.com