Title: Welcome to JDF Pavilion
1Welcome to JDF Pavilion
2New Profit Opportunities withJDF and Gang
Printing
- Rohan Holt
- LithoTechnics
- Founder
3Todays Commercial Printing Industry
- Fierce competition
- Very tight margins
- Shorter runs
- Quicker turn-arounds
4Opportunities Gang Printing
- Well known as a very efficient manufacturing
method - Reduces the number of make-readies
- Reduces plate consumption
- Requires no major investment in new equipment
5Case Study Whirlwind Communications
6Case StudyWhirlwind Communications
7Case StudyWhirlwind Communications
8Case Study Whirlwind Communications
- One of Australias top 100 fastest growing
companies (BRW Magazine, 10/04) - Founded as a graphic design company
- Outsourced all printing until 2 years ago
9Case Study Whirlwind Communications
- What Whirlwind customers want
- Faster turn-around
- Lower prices
- Will compromise on quality if their jobs are
delivered quicker and cheaper
10Case Study Whirlwind Communications
- What Whirlwind customers get
- Overnight turn-around when finishing requirements
allow - 90 fine art quality
- Lower price and better quality than digital print
11Why Dont More Printers Gang Print?
- Culture
- Sales
- Production
- Complexity
- Stock
- Colors
- Sizes
- Quantities
- Layouts
12Look Again. New Technology, New Opportunities
- Metrix, the automatic layout calculator
- JDF, making universal integration a reality
13Metrix
- Automatically gangs up to 100 different products
on a sheet - Considers
- Different sizes
- Different quantities
- Grain direction
- Bleeds
- Press capabilities
- Cutting folding
14Metrix
- Integrates with MIS through JDF
- Integrates with prepress through JDF and Preps
templates - Integrates with finishing through JDF and CIP3
15JDF Integration MIS
- JDF-enabled MIS systems
- Prism USA
- Optimus
- Tharstern
- NovaVision
16JDF Integration Prepress
- JDF-enabled prepress systems
- Agfa
- Dalim
- EskoGraphics
- Prepress systems and applications that accept
Preps templates - Creo
- Dynagram
17JDF Integration Finishing
- JDF-enabled folders
- MBO
- JDF-enabled cutters
18Thank you