Foster City Interop 07 Tutorial PrintTalk Torsten Ihrig Chairman PrintTalk WG

Foster City Interop 07 TutorialPrintTalk

Torsten IhrigChairman PrintTalk WG

CIP4 Reference Model

Extended

MISExtended

MIS

Postpress

Customer Facility

Print Shop Management

Print Shop

Press

Prepress

Base

MISBase

MIS

Job Creation

Customer

PrintBuyer

Print ShopManager

PrepressOperator

PressOperator

PostpressOperator

CreativeProfessional

CreateDocument

CreateDocument

Negotiation & Quote

Sales Rep

CustomerService Rep

PrepressManager(s)

PrepressManager(s)

PressManager(s)

PressManager(s)

PrepressPrepress

PressPress

PostpressPostpress

CreateJDF Intent

CreateJDF Intent

ProductDescription

(with ranges)

PostpressManager(s)

PostpressManager(s)

ProductDescription

ProductDescription

(Actual values)

LimitedProcess

LimitedProcess

LimitedProcess

Estimating &Order Entry

Estimating &Order Entry

ProductionScheduling

ProductionScheduling

What is PrintTalk

• PrintTalk is an „envelope“ for JDF– The Business Information is PrintTalk

– The Product/Production description is JDF

• Based on cXML• PrintTalk specification talks of

BusinessObjects• There is no specification how the PrintTalk

ticket is transmitted.– http

Structure of a PrintTalk Node

XMLPrintTalk

HeaderFrom

Credential…To

Credential…Sender

Credential…Request

BusinessObject (RFQ, Quotation, …) jdf:JDF

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The PrintTalk Workflow

Print Buyer Print ProviderRequest for Quote

Quotation

PurchaseOrder

Invoice

ReturnJob

Refusal

Cancelation

Confirmation

Description of the Product

• Product Nodes

• IntentResources

– Range

– Preferred

– Actual

– OfferRange

Print Buyer

Print Provider

Intentresources

• ArtDeliveryIntent

• BindingIntent

• ColorIntent

• DeliveryIntent

• EmbossingIntent

• FoldingIntent

• HoleMakingIntent

• InsertingIntent

• LaminatingIntent

• LayoutIntent

• MediaIntent

• PackingIntent

• ProductionIntent

• ProofingIntent

• ShapeCuttingIntent

Messaging in PrintTalk

• Print Buyer Print Provider

– OrderStatusRequest

– OrderStatusResponse

• Print Provider Print Buyer

– ProofApprovalRequest

– ProofApprovalResponse

ICS Document ?

• No specific PrintTalk ICS

• CusMIS = Customer to MIS ICS

– Created in the Product Description WG

What is covered in the ICS

Print Buyer Print ProviderRequest for Quote

Quotation

PurchaseOrder

Invoice

ReturnJob

Refusal

Cancelation

Confirmation

Versionhistory

• Version 1.1 released in 2003

• Version 1.2 skipped to be in sync with the JDF Version.

• Version 1.3 to be released shortly after Foster City

– Major changes are

• extensions to enable Subcontracting

• Pricing moved from JDF to PrintTalk

PrintTalk in „Real Life“

• Some application using PrintTalk 1.1

• More in the future.

Thank you.