<p>The print production workflow consists of various disparate systems — from production equipment to management information systems. During the production of a printed product, information regarding the product must be communicated between the systems in the workflow. Job Definition Format (JDF) is an industry standard that specifies this information interchange. It specifies a digital job ticket format for exchanging administrative and technical information related to a print job, and a messaging protocol for communicating information between the systems in the workflow. This licentiate thesis explores different aspects of integrating systems in a JDF-enabled print production workflow.</p><p>Paper III and Paper IV analyze the properties of JDF’s messaging protocol—Job Messaging Format (JMF)—and discuss design solutions for a JMF integration layer.</p><p>Paper I presents a software tool for simulating systems in the print production workflow. The tool is based on an open source software library, called the Elk Framework, which has been developed within the framework of these licentiate studies. The Elk Framework provides the base services required by a piece of JDF-enabled production equipment, called a Device/Worker in JDF parlance.</p><p>Paper II presents a software tool that was developed for testing the simulation tool presented in Paper I. The test tool, named Alces, can be used for testing if JDF-enabled systems conform to the JDF Specification.</p> / Report code: LIU-TEK-LIC-2006:66.

The print production workflow consists of various disparate systems — from production equipment to management information systems. During the production of a printed product, information regarding the product must be communicated between the systems in the workflow. Job Definition Format (JDF) is an industry standard that specifies this information interchange. It specifies a digital job ticket format for exchanging administrative and technical information related to a print job, and a messaging protocol for communicating information between the systems in the workflow. This licentiate thesis explores different aspects of integrating systems in a JDF-enabled print production workflow. Paper III and Paper IV analyze the properties of JDF’s messaging protocol—Job Messaging Format (JMF)—and discuss design solutions for a JMF integration layer. Paper I presents a software tool for simulating systems in the print production workflow. The tool is based on an open source software library, called the Elk Framework, which has been developed within the framework of these licentiate studies. The Elk Framework provides the base services required by a piece of JDF-enabled production equipment, called a Device/Worker in JDF parlance. Paper II presents a software tool that was developed for testing the simulation tool presented in Paper I. The test tool, named Alces, can be used for testing if JDF-enabled systems conform to the JDF Specification. / Report code: LIU-TEK-LIC-2006:66.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:20:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nadia_Miranda_Leschko_dissertacao.pdf: 4087967 bytes, checksum: 547dac1cdd6dadfa257f8bacf2c22e23 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-03-31 / This paper aims to contribute to the formation of a graphics memory to support taking the inventory as a means of printing industry in Pelotas / RS / Brazil in the 1920's, this consisting of companies operating in the merge of graphic designs. Pelotas was chosen as an area of concentration of research in view of its historical background and studies conducted in the area of memory. The focus is temporal bounding the 1920 s on the basis of regional importance that the city obtained as a major producer of culture and information. The research took place at the Pelotas Public Library as source reviewed journals and graphic works produced at the time. The structure of the work consists of the first chapter containing historical charts of the processes, the second chapter contains the methodology, data from field research and inventory summary of the companies operating the decade and the third chapter related data from previous chapters and an analytical inventory of the printing industry in Pelotas - RS / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo colaborar para a constituição de suportes para uma memória gráfica tendo como meio o inventário da indústria gráfica em Pelotas/RS na década de 1920, este composto por empresas que atuavam na impressão em série de projetos gráficos. Pelotas foi escolhida como espaço de concentração da pesquisa tendo em vista sua trajetória histórica e os estudos realizados na área de memória. O foco delimitador temporal é a década de 1920 em função da importância regional que a cidade obteve como pólo produtor de cultura e informação. O local de pesquisa foi a Bibliotheca Pública Pelotense tendo como fontes examinadas os periódicos e peças gráficas produzidas na época. A estrutura do trabalho consiste em primeiro capítulo contendo histórico dos processos gráficos, segundo capítulo contendo metodologia, dados da pesquisa de campo e inventário sumário das empresas atuantes à década e terceiro capítulo relacionado os dados dos capítulos anteriores e inventário analítico da indústria gráfica em Pelotas - RS. Palavras-chave: Indústria gráfica; Memória social; Inventário; Produção gráfica; Pelotas-RS