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Adobe Confidential 1

Adobe® Print Workflow ProductsAdobe and JDF

Darin KotalikSr. Product ManagerThursday, September 11, 2003

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Adobe Confidential 2

Adobe and JDF

One of the Founding Author of JDF Specification Based on PJTF Major contributor to continued JDF specification Founding Member of CIP4 Driving industry standards for print production

Committed to grow JDF usage and maturity Adobe’s commitment to CIP4 Continue to develop specification

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Adobe Confidential 3

PDF/JDF CreationConverts PS to PDF/JDF

Acrobat 6.0 Distiller 6.0 creates PDF and JDF Extends creative pro applications into

PDF/JDF workflow

Normalizer 6.0 Based on Distiller 6.0 framework Integrated as workflow component

Optimized for PDF print workflows Key Component of Adobe Extreme

Architecture JDF drives PDF creation

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Adobe Confidential 4

JDF ConsumersRIP Technology

Adobe PostScript 3 v3016 Second generation supporting JDF Easier to support end-to-end production

environments JDF process nodes for DigitalPrinting,

ImageSetting, Imposition, Separation and Trapping

In-RIP Trapping Current: PJTF drives trapping parameters Next Release: Using JDF to drive trapping

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Adobe’s JDF/PDF Commitment

Foundation Technology Saves money through automation Provides standard base technology for

printing workflows Extends production to printing enterprise

JDF SDK 2.0.2 Based on CIP4 JDF 1.1a specification Thorough testing provides reliable

development environment Comprehensive documentation suite

accelerates understanding

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Adobe Confidential 6

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