PrintFactory gets HP JDF certification
Four Pees, exclusive world-wide distributor of the PrintFactory software suite for banner, sign and superwide-format printing, has become a certified partner of HP. The latter, which now chairs the Wide Format Workgroup of The International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press, and Postpress Organization (CIP4), is rolling out a new certification program that allows partner workflow solutions to be ‘HP Certified for Wide Format Printing JDF Exchange’. PrintFactory, which extensively supports JDF for standards-based integrated production automation, is one of the first solutions to achieve HP certification under this new programme.
The new HP certification assures that workflow solutions exchanging JDF will interoperate properly with each other, allowing PSPs to easily build an e-storefront to market their services, take advantage of production automation tools to reduce costs and differentiate their service offerings through automated customer relationship management tools.
“Heightened economic pressure and shortened job preparation requirements continue to increase the need for automation in wide-format printing workflows,” said David van Driessche, chief technology officer with Four Pees. “The focus with PrintFactory has always been to increase efficiency while preparing, producing and finishing wide-format jobs; supporting JDF in all stages of the workflow is a natural move for Four Pees. As proven by the HP certification we just received automation is not something we simply talk about; it’s there and PrintFactory users can start to take advantage of it today.”
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