Markus Schluep

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Markus Schluep
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CIP4 Tutorial and Developer Sessions Oct. 7th 2007

• Postpress operations in JDF
• Introduction
• Postpress processes in an overview
• Building a postpress JDF job ticket
• ICS in conventional postpress

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Introduction

• The role of postpress is
• to finish loose sheets into a final product
• e.g books, magazines, newspapers...
• Postpress consumes output resources
• conventional printing or digital printing
• e.g. printed sheets, printed web, ... etc.
• To describe this operations there are
• more than 40 postpress processes in JDF 1.2

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Process Categories
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Sheet/Web Processes

• Sheet processes
• Cutting
• Folding
• Web finishing processes
• Creasing, Perforating, Gluing,
• Cutting, Folding
• Stacking-Bundling-Palletizing
• or PrintRolling
• Partial product enhancement
• ? HoleMaking, Laminating, ShapeCutting, ...

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Block Compiling Processes

• Feeding / PrintRolling
• Inserting,
• Gathering/ Collecting

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Block Joining Processes I

• ChannelBinding
• CoilBinding
• PlasticCombBinding
• WireCombBinding
• RingBinding
• ? Typically for single-leaf sheets

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Block Joining Processes II

• Stitching
• Softcover
• SpinePreparation, CoverApplication
• Hardcover
• EndSheetGluing, SpineTaping, ThreadSewing,
  BlockPreparation, CaseMaking, CasingIn,
  HeadBandApplication, Jacketing,

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Enhancement Processes

• Trimming / Cutting / ShapeCutting
• Laminating
• Gluing
• HoleMaking
• Inserting
• Labeling
• ... etc.

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Packing Processes

• BoxPacking
• Bundling
• Shrinking
• Stacking
• Strapping
• Palletizing
• Wrapping

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Building a postpress JDF

• Folding order

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Folding JDF Example

• lt FoldingParams
• IDPar04013 Class"Parameter Status
• FoldCatalog"F8-7 /gt

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Stitching JDF Example
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StitchingParams

• ltStitchingParams
• ID"Res10
• Class"Parameter
• Status"Available
• NumberOfStitches2
• StitchWidth"28.34"
• StitchPositions"320 547"
• StapleShape"Butted
• /gt

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TrimmingParams

• ltTrimmingParams
• ID"Res11
• Class"Parameter
• Status"Available
• Height"841.890
• Width"595.276
• TrimmingOffset"14
• /gt

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Softcover Example

• Gathering
• SpinePreparation
• Coverapplication
• Trimming
• Stacking

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Hardcover Example

• Gathering
• ThreadSewing
• EndSheetGluing
• SpineTaping

• Trimming
• BlockPreparation
• CasingIn
• Jacketing

• CaseMaking

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ICS for Postpress

• ICS stands for Interface Conformance
  Specification
• Defines the use of certain JDF elements or
  attributes for specific domain applications.
• Published ICS Documents for JDF 1.2
• ICS Sheet Finishing
• Signature manufacturing e.g. cutting, folding,
• ICS Binding
• Saddle stitching
• Softcover binding
• Hardcover binding

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ICS Documents for JDF 1.3

• ICS MIS - Finishing Common document with Gray
  Boxes describing incomplete production orders
  for
• Signature mfg.
• Saddle stitching
• Softcover binding
• Hardcover binding
• Packaging production
• Pending ICS
• ICS Sheet Finishing - Signature manufacturing
• ICS Binding Stitching and Binding

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ICS Documents and roles
M I S
MIS to Finishing ICS
Pre - Fin
Postpress Controller
Prepress Controller
Sheet Finishing ICS Binding ICS
Postpress Device
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ICS Stack (Inheriting)

• more domain specific with each higher layer

Binding ICS
SheetFin ICS
MISFin ICS
MIS ICS
JMF ICS
Base ICS
JDF Spezifikation
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Example Binding ICS
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Example MISFinishing ICS
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Example MISFinishing App
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Questions
Thank you for your attention!
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Questions ?
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Markus Schluep Project Manager