Automation

Question 0

What’s the biggest threat to our industry

Answer 0

Oversees cheap labour

Automation removed the person from the job

Question 1

Why automation

Answer 1

Mature industry
Low margin industry
Global competition
High labour costs

Question 2

What’s the goal of automation

Answer 2

Lights out maintenance

Question 3

What does CIM stand for

Answer 3

Computer integrated manufacturing

Question 4

What does CIM do?

Answer 4

Can improve productivity & efficiency

Can drive some processes while entering data

Question 5

What does JDF/JMF stand for

Answer 5

Job definition format & job messaging format

Question 6

What is JDF

Answer 6

A file format that can describe job specs & process specs in the graphic arts industry

Common language about end job specs

Supposedly readable by any machine/man

Question 7

In the past the graphic communication used to be called

Answer 7

Graphic arts industry

Question 8

What is a term that has 2 definitions

Answer 8

Prepress trapping

Ink trapping

Question 9

What does JDF describe

Answer 9

Press sheet size
Ink key settings 
Actual ink settings
Types of folds 
Grain direction 
Shipping 
Customer info

Question 10

What does an MIS estimating system do?

Answer 10

Point where all data points are stored
Can be done tomato ally
Can add folder alterations
JDF compliant machines

Question 11

What does JMF do

Answer 11

Communication channel btwn formats
Equipment can report back to JDFbserver
If computer had login...user info can be reported
Great way of reporting 
Can send queries

Question 12

What is CIP4

Answer 12

Maintains JDF/JMF (this company created JDF)

Question 13

CIP4 is an…

Answer 13

• International corporation for the integration of processes in prepress, press & post press organization
• standardization of language, facilitate efficient communication and interoperability

Question 14

JDF itself is just basically

Answer 14

Pushing around data about the job

Question 15

What is servo motor technology

Answer 15

Can install to machine for the ability to automatically adjust machine parts

Question 16

An example of a servo motor is

Answer 16

Ink keys on our offset press

Question 17

Servo motor is driven by

Answer 17

JDF data

Question 18

True or false, you can’t save a lot of money using servo motor

Answer 18

Fasoe. You can save ALOT of money

Question 19

True or false, If cutting is done already, it saves time

Answer 19

True

Question 20

What are some challenged with JDF

Answer 20

• Perception (around for while but know one knows that)
• Slow adaptation (not everyone adopted it properly)
• Change management (managers must learn understand software)
• Non compliant standards - allows for vendor specific tags (e.g. A -kodak tag on a specific machine can’t be used anywhere else)