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May 27, 2004 -- Finally it comes clear. After many months of confusion, it is now obvious that the International Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4) is the world-wide operating standards body overseeing the development of computer-based integration of processes in the industry. In particular, the specification of standards such as Job Definition Format (JDF) and the Interoperability Conformance Specification (ICS). PrintCity, an alliance of more than 40 “best-in-class” companies, and NGP Partners, with 43 members, are focused on marketing the solutions that are interconnected using the JDF standard. Many PrintCity members, and the PrintCity alliance itself, are members of CIP4, as are all the NGP Partners. CIP4 announced membership of more than 250 companies as of May 10. In drupa's Hall 6, Print City exhibited 5 specialized “printing factories” controlled by a JDF-networked Integration Center, producing live print jobs. JDF was used at every stage of the production process, including job tracking and statistical analysis. The NGP Partners Pavilion highlighted more than 80 “pairs” of products – those that can send and receive information from each other – in Hall 4. These pairs represented more than 43 NGP Partners. A matrix showing the status of the partner pairs is available online – in English and German – at http://www.ngppartners.org/open_standards.htm. NGP Partners Are Partnering… Team CIP4/NGP Customer
Advisory Board NGP Partners' Vision
And on the marketing side of the fence, NGP Partners will create implementation ‘best practices,' document cross-supplier project management practices, and quantify the value of implementations at printers' sites. PrintCity Announcing… Print-media MBA New digital book production techniques PrintCity's long term vision…
See more exclusive drupa reports Please offer Gail your feedback! She can be reached at gail@business-strategies-etc.com More About Gail Nickel-Kailing: Gail Nickel-Kailing, a nationally known analyst and consultant, provides counsel to commercial and digital printers and the marketing executives who use their services. Gail's clients benefit from her knowledge of business and strategic planning, new market identification, solution selling, marketing communications, and product management.Prior to launching her consulting practice, Ms. Nickel-Kailing held senior management positions at CAP Ventures (Norwell MA), ImageX (Kirkland WA), and Firstlogic (formerly known as Postalsoft, LaCrosse WI), an international developer and marketer of Internet-enabled data quality and postal automation software and services. Gail is an accomplished writer and public speaker, business process analyst, and market researcher with a special interest in the use of networks for the acquisition, production and distribution of printed materials. She can be reached at gail@business-strategies-etc.com. |
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