BrobyGrafiskaOffsetPress is a simulated offset printing press driven by JDF data.

News

• 20090712 Fixed broken links to JDF/JMF samples in tutorial.
• 20090405 New release. JDF files with one ComponentLink for Good and one for Waste are now printed correctly.
• 20090323 New release. Fixed bug that prevented launch if port 8080 was already in use.
• 20090319 How to get started
• 20090318 New release. JMF Signals are now sent out correctly for RepeatStep and plain Resource subscriptions.
• 20090316 Updated screenshots
• 20090316 Added tutorial for testing with Alces
• 20090316 New release. Queue entries can now be held, suspended and aborted. JDF can be exported. Press speed can be edited in GUI. Menu commands have been added. Added new JDF/JMF samples. Updated to Elk Press 2.0.a6.

Introduction

The goal of this project is to develop a simulated offset printing press that can be controlled and monitored using the printing industry standard Job Definition Format (JDF). The intention is that real Management Information Systems (MIS) and prepress workflow systems should be able to communicate with the simulated printing press as if it were a real printing press. From the MIS/prepress point of view, the simulated printing press should be indistinguishable for a real printing press.

This project was initiated by BrobyGrafiska, Sunne, Sweden and is based on CIP4's Elk Press library.