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diron announces JDF Integration of print4media with CREO Color Servers
Monday 09. June 2008 - diron announces cooperation to develop an integration of CREO Color Servers from Print On-Demand Solutions (PODS) group - an independent unit of Kodak´s Graphic Communications Group - with its Web2Print software print4media.
print4media is a versatile Web2Print solution for automated publishing. With multiple modules, print4media enables digital print providers to provide a broad range of applications, from business-to-business marketing portals to open print job submission shops to business-to-consumer portals for photo rich products. Integration with the well-known CREO Color Servers will support the needs of digital print providers by automating the different workflow steps, starting from the first stage of customer submission.
The seamless integration between CREO Color Servers and print4media will enable customers to gain efficiencies by using print4media to customize a print template online (e.g., stationery), to upload a PDF file and calculate the job online and to use a photobook desktop software for designing and uploading a photobook to print4media. Regardless of which module of print4media is used, the print4medie system sends the JDF and the PDF to the CREO Color Server. The job instruction are received via the JDF and inherited automatically by the CREO Color Server job ticket. Such information may include number of pages, media type, customer information and more, emiminating the need to re-type information previously captured.
Improved Workflow and Connectivity
“Most of our advanced customers are seeking not only a Web2Print front store with a sophisticated user interface and intelligent technology, but they also aim at streamlined business processes including an automated production so that a large number of small print jobs can be handled in quick turnaround time at low process costs without errors due to manual handling”, says Thomas L. Rödding, president of diron GmbH & Co.KG. Due to print4media´s capability to generate verified and output-ready PDF print files along with the corresponding JDF ticket, the production process is much easier and less error-prone. The modern print4media installations integrate the Web2Print front store with online payment systems, as well as the print house´s MIS system and the prepress software workflow.
Says Hagar Gal, Marketing Manager, CREO Branded Products: “E-Commerce is fast emerging in the print industry and diron´s print4media system is a strong market leader in this arena. The integration of the two systems will help our mutual customers to increase their success with optimized business processes.”