PIA and CIP4 Announce Integrated Digital Printing Certification

Pittsburgh-based Printing Industries of America (PIA) and The International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4) organization announced the availability of JDF Product Certification for Integrated Digital Printing.

Integrated Digital Printing Certification applies to color, highlight color and duplex black-and-white digital printing systems that may also include in-line finishing capabilities, which may include folding, hole making, stitching, trimming and varnishing. Certified integrated digital printers have the ability to count every event performed by an integrated digital printer and report that information using JDF and JMF capabilities. Software can then use the counts directly to determine work performed on a particular job and allow printers to calculate total cost of the job, thereby improving the accuracy and speed of billing.