Job Definition Format (JDF) Support

Prinect Renderer is prepared for connection to JDF-based workflow systems such as Heidelberg's Prinect Manager.

The exchange of data with a Prinect Manager is based on the "Job Definition Format (JDF)". For this reason, the Prinect Renderer software contains a "JDF Portal" where this interface is configured. If Prinect Renderer is connected to a Prinect Manager, Prinect Renderer sends all the device data of the connected CtP device automatically to the Prinect Manager and the CtP device is set up automati­cally as a new output device on the Prinect Manager. See JDF Portal.

Output via the FBDI protocol

While the data exchange with a Prinect Manager is solely via the JDF protocol, a "File Based Device Interface (FBDI)" can be used for data exchange if a connected third-party workflow system does not have a JDF interface.

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Note: You can connect a number of Prinect Renderers to a Prinect Manager.

If you wish to connect a Heidelberg CtP device to a third-party workflow system via Prinect Renderer, the TIFF-B files must be available in a format that Prinect Renderer can process.

Prinect Renderer sends data about the imaging status and any device errors, etc. to the connected workflow system. What device data is sent, and whether you can send it at all, depends on your con­nected output device. The "Job Messaging Format (JMF)" is used for this. Vice versa, Prinect Manager can, for example, trigger a reprint of a single signature (plate) on Prinect Renderer.

The FBDI format and the JMF format are components of the JDF specification. Through JDF support, Prinect Renderer fits into a JDF-based overall workflow such as is implemented in the Heidelberg Prinect Manager.

You can link Prinect Renderer to the Prinect MDS server if Prinect Renderer is run in a Prinect system environment with a "Master Data Store" (MDS). See MDS. In this case, Prinect Renderer sends device data to the Master Data Store so that this information is available from a central source in the Prinect system environment. In addition, Prinect Renderer uses the joint user administration of the Master Data Store. See Users.