Post on 13-Jan-2016
JDF Sheetfed Press Operations
Matthias BeyerHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Who‘s this person?
Johannes Gutenberg (~1400 – 1468)
First known workflow in a printshop?!
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PressPress PostpressPostpress
„Order Management“
„Order Management“
Order:Bible, 2 Volumes150 x Paper30 x Parchment
„Prepress“„Prepress“
42 Lines1282 Sheets
Workflow nowadays - Press Controller JDF Integration
MISMIS
PrepressPrepressPressControllerPressController
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(6) Status
(7) ReturnQueueEntry
Conventional Printing Sheetfed ICS
• Connectivity between MIS Press Controller described in – ICS-MISCPS, based on
– ICS-MIS
– ICS-Base
• Connectivity between Prepress Press described in– ICS-PRECP, based on
– ICS-MIS-Prepress
– ICS-Base
ICS-MISCPS
• Level1
– Jobticket submission via hotfolder
– no messaging supported by the Press Controller
• Level2
– messaging according to ICS-Base Level3
Sample of information provided by MIS to the Press Controller
Common Job Information• JobName
• JDF / @DescriptiveName
• SheetName• JDF [ConventionalPrinitng] / Component [Output] /
@DescriptiveName
• Amount• ComponentLink[@Usage=“Output”] /
AmountPool[Good] / @Amount
Sample of information provided by MIS to the Press Controller
Printing Material Information
• non preprocessed sheets– Human readable Media name: Media / @DescriptiveName
– Media dimensions: Media / @Dimension, Media / @Thickness
• preprinted / precutted Media– Sheet Length / Width: Component [Input] / @Dimensions
– Media information: Component [Input] / Layout
Sample of information provided by MIS to the Press Controller
Color Information• Colors on sheet and order of printing
– ColorantControl / DeviceColorantOrder
• Colors to print– ExposedMedia
• Name of a Colorant– ColorantControl / ColorPool / Color / @DescriptiveName
• Standard Process Colorant yes / no– ColorantControl / ColorPool / Color / @CMYK
• Information initially provided by MIS, update by Prepress (Resource Command)
Sample of information provided by MIS to the Press Controller
More Process information• Human readable workstep name:
ConventionalPrintingParams / @DescriptiveName• Workstyle: ConventionalPrintingParams /
@WorkStyle
– Simplex: One pass, one set of plates.
– Perfecting: One pass, two sets of plates
– WorkAndBack: Two passes, two sets of plates
– WorkAndTumble / WorkAndTurn: Two passes, one set of plates.
Sample of information provided by Press Controller to the MIS
Signaling (Status)• Current Device Status
– DeviceInfo / @DeviceStatus, @StatusDetails
– DeviceInfo / @Speed
– DeviceInfo / @ProductionCounter
• Job Status– DeviceInfo / JobPhase / @Status, @StatusDetails
– DeviceInfo / JobPhase / @Amount: Amount of Component (Output) already produced
– DeviceInfo / JobPhase / @Waste
– DeviceInfo / JobPhase / @PercentCompleted: Node processing progress in %
Sample of information provided by Press Controller to the MIS
Progress signaling for different WorkStyles
@WorkStyle=„Simplex“ (all color separations)Input: ExposedMedia
SignatureName
SheetName
Side Front
Separation
Output: JMF Status,...
SignatureName
SheetName
Side Front
Separation -Pass 1
@Amount
@PercentCompleted
Sample of information provided by Press Controller to the MIS
•Progress signaling for different WorkStyles
@WorkStyle=„Perfecting“(all color separations)Input: ExposedMedia
SignatureName
SheetName
Side Front, Back
Separation
Output: JMF Status,...
SignatureName
SheetName
Side -
Separation -Pass 1
@Amount
@PercentCompleted
Sample of information provided by Press Controller to the MIS
•Progress signaling for different WorkStyles
@WorkStyle=„WorkAndBack“ (both sides, all separations)Input: ExposedMedia
SignatureName
SheetName
Side Front, Back
Separation
Output: JMF Status,...
SignatureName
SheetName
Side Front, Back
Separation -Pass 1
@Amount
@PercentCompleted
Pass 2
Sample of information provided by Press Controller to the MIS
•Progress signaling for different WorkStyles
@WorkStyle=„WorkAndTumble“, „WorkAndTurn“Input: ExposedMedia
SignatureName
SheetName
Side Front
Separation
Output: JMF Status,...
SignatureName
SheetName
Side Front, Back
Separation -Pass 1
@Amount
@PercentCompleted
Pass 2
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