Features of the CIP4 format

All CIP4 data are written to a JDF ("Job Definition Format") file created by the Prinect Manager and not to a PPF file. The JDF format is a special XML format. The extension for CIP4 data is normally ".jdf". CIP4 data sets contain the following elements:

•Control data (Press and PostPress) in the Job Definition (XML) Format.

•References to bitmaps in the ".png" format for ink zone control.

The following options can be set for the CIP4 format:

•"Original Reference Image" option

•"Resolution" box

"Orientation" list box

Normally, changing the orientation of the sheet previews is not necessary in a correctly set PPF work­flow. You should check your workflow down the whole route (Prinect Signa Station to Prepress Inter­face) again if despite this it should be necessary to set orientation at this point.

You can set mirroring and rotation of the image data in the "Orientation" list box. A 90° rotation may have been defined by the Prinect Signa Station.

The following table shows how the settings in the "Orientation" list box affect rotation and/or mirror­ing of the sheet previews:

Caution: In earlier versions of the Prinect Manager, you were able to set up other orientation settings in the user interface for CIP4. All these orientation settings, however, had no effect on the generated CIP4 files. Now the "Vertical Flip" setting actually affects generation of the CIP4 sheet previews. As a result, following an update of the Prinect Manager software, you might have a different result if a vertical flip was already set for the CIP4 files.