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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0002460ScribusImport / Exportpublic2012-03-30 11:48
Reporterchristoph_s Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
Status acknowledgedResolutionopen 
Product Version1.3.1cvs 
Summary0002460: Implement JDF (Job Definition Format)
DescriptionJDF seems to be the coming standard for job tickets. It may be patent encumbered in the US and countries with so-called FTAs with the US, but scribus should definitely offer the possibility to use the format somehow to be considered a "serious" application.
Additional InformationLinks:
- http://www.cip4.org/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_Definition_Format
- http://www.adobe.com/products/extreme/jdf.html
- http://www.cip4.org/documents/jdf_specifications/JDF1.2.pdf
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related to 0002932 acknowledged Metabug: PDF Enhancements 
related to 0010649 new [FEATURE REQUEST] saving PDF output settings and use it in Batch PDF Output Manager 

Activities

plinnell

2005-08-21 11:22

viewer   ~0006174

adding to 1.3 roadmap

ringerc

2006-01-02 15:15

reporter   ~0007895

In particular, Quark has added support for using JDF as a source of preflight information. It's something I've wondered about for a while, and ended up talking to some of the MS Publisher folks about too. It turns out they're not interested in in-app preflight (despite how much easer it'd make life for publishing shops that have to take .pub jobs from users who can't read a job spec to save their lives).

Anyway, that little rant aside, I think reading job specs from JDF and starting to preflight against them is going to be very important for professional print in future. If we can transparently handle the same job spec format as Quark ... :-)

ringerc

2006-01-02 15:16

reporter   ~0007896

http://www.quark.com/about/presscenter/prview.jsp?idx=593
http://quarkvsindesign.com/news/archives/2005/06/lets-talk-jdf-with-jess-walker/

ringerc

2006-01-02 15:17

reporter   ~0007897

MrB, any chance of tweaking Mantis's non-url-chars list so it doesn't terminate a URL on &, ?, or = anymore? argh!

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2005-08-21 01:53 christoph_s New Issue
2005-08-21 06:35 fschmid Category - => Import / Export
2005-08-21 06:35 fschmid Product Version => 1.3.1cvs
2005-08-21 11:22 plinnell Note Added: 0006174
2005-08-21 11:22 plinnell Status new => acknowledged
2005-12-30 00:07 plinnell Relationship added related to 0002932
2006-01-02 15:15 ringerc Note Added: 0007895
2006-01-02 15:16 ringerc Note Added: 0007896
2006-01-02 15:17 ringerc Note Added: 0007897
2012-03-30 11:48 ale Relationship added related to 0010649