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 Darmstadt, Germany (October 14, 2005) - The International Cooperation for the Integration of
Processes in Prepress, Press, and Postpress (CIP4) today announced that Druckerei Bauer KG
of Vienna, Austria is the winner of the 2005 CIP4 International Print Production Innovation
(CIPPI) award in the category of "Most innovative use of process automation technology."
Bauer Druck's application was selected as the result of ballots cast by CIP4's advisory
board. The CIPPI award program is a unique global program and Bauer Druck has
been singled out for recognition as "best in the world" for an innovative
automation program. |
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Bauer Druck's automation project incorporated the HIFLEX MIS System, Muller Martini AG
PrimaPlus AMRYS saddle-stitcher, and MAN Roland presses equipped with the PECOM
system. According to the application, Bauer Druck was the first company (worldwide) to
go live with a fully JDF-integrated postpress implementation using JDF (Job Definition
Format) and JMF (Job Messaging Format). |
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| From left to right: Michael Bauer (Bauer Druck), Christian Bauer (Bauer Druck), and Stefan
Daun (CIP4). |
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Stefan Reichhart, Managing Director of HIFLEX GmbH says: "For the automatic set-up of
the folding unit, feeding stations and trimmer of the Muller Martini saddle-stitcher,
it is essential that the MIS provides detailed information about the product to
be produced. Specifically, this information includes the gross format, the folding
geometry, such as size of head trim, size of foot trim, position and size of
overfold. Furthermore, information about the position of the folding sheet on the printing
sheet and the assignment of the different signatures to the stations is needed. In order to
provide the necessary data, special mathematical functions and formulas were developed and
implemented in our MIS."
Prior to the JDF implementation at Bauer Druck, its workflow typically required re-entry of
data three times:
Bauer Druck wanted to eliminate inefficient steps, such as the re-keying of job
specifications, especially since the relevant data was already available within
the HIFLEX MIS. Bauer Druck?s automation project streamlined information exchange
between the corporate-level HIFLEX MIS, the Man Roland PECOM system and the Muller Martini
AMRYS system of the PrimaPlus saddle-stitcher. Multiple data entry is overcome as the HIFLEX
MIS provides downstream systems with job specifications, via JDF, from data that already
exists in the MIS and scheduling is constantly updated by the online feedback
from production. Bauer Druck reduced the make-ready process for the initial set-up
of eight stations from seventy minutes to twenty minutes on the saddle-stitcher. |
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| From left to right: Dr. Jutta Thellmann (Muller Martini Marketing AG), Stefan Reichhart
(HIFLEX GmbH), Michael Bauer (Bauer Druck), Christian Bauer (Bauer Druck), and Stefan Daun
(CIP4). |
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Bauer Druck's managing director Michael Bauer comments: "The JDF data transfer from
HIFLEX greatly reduces the make-ready time for our saddle-stitcher and MAN Roland
presses. This increases the productivity of this valuable equipment. Through the direct
JMF status feedback from the machine control, we acquire production status and accurate
data for job costing."
Overall, Druckerei Bauer reported a $622,741 improvement in net profit that they attributed
to faster make-ready on presses and stitchers, improvement of the (now digital) internal
communication processes and an increase in automation, transparency and flexibility of its
production operations. Druckerei Bauer calculated a return on investment (ROI) of 220% in
the first year of operation of the new automated production processes.
An honorable mention was awarded to Williamson Printing Corporation of Dallas, TX.
Williamson incorporated Esko-Graphics Scope workflow version 1.0 with Kodak (Creo) UpFront
Version 3.1 and Heidelberg cutters. Its original objective was to eliminate manual imposition
and Williamson was able to reduce the amount of prepress operator time needed to recreate an
imposition by 95% per job and they reduced job latency by one hour. Williamson already had
JDF-enabled Heidelberg cutters, and once JDF data was available, it was also able to save
time in cutter set-up using JDF data.
This is the third of three 2005 CIPPI awards to be announced. Instructions and applications
for the 2006 CIPPI awards program are now available online at http://www.cip4.org/cippi/index.html
. Nominations may be submitted by a printer, publisher or a prepress service, or by one of
their supporting vendors on their behalf and candidate applications are reviewed and ballot
on by CIP4's Advisory Board. The candidate that receives the most Advisory Board selections
in each category is selected the winner. Nominations are due by 28 April 2006.
To learn more, the complete CIPPI award applications can be downloaded from the CIP4 website
at www.cip4.org
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CIP4 brings together vendors, consultants, and end-users in the print communications,
Graphic Arts industry, and associated sectors, covering a variety of equipment, software,
peripherals, and processes. Members participate in focused working groups to define the Job
Definition Format (JDF), PrintTalk, and other standards relevant to process automation; to
study user requirements; to test product interoperability; and to develop a range of JDF
tools. Information on CIP4, including membership details, is available from the organization's
web site: www.cip4.org
. Or contact: Stefan Daun, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics,
+49 6151 155 575, secretariat@cip4.org. All content and ideas submitted to the CIP4 user
groups and intellectual property rights subsisting therein shall become the exclusive
property of CIP4. |
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The Job Definition Format (JDF) is the industry specification designed to facilitate process
automation and the integration of different applications and systems in and around the
Graphic Arts industry. JDF also enables the integration of business management and job
planning applications into the production workflow. JDF is based on the W3C’s Extensible
Markup Language (XML), ensuring maximum interoperability between different platforms and
ready interaction with Internet systems. More information is available at www.cip4.org.
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