CIP4 reports printers at the JDF User Group were recently discussing why many printers they know of haven't implemented process automation. For JDF users, the results they've experienced lead them to believe that it should be a no-brainer, (especially in the current fiscal environment), yet over 50% of printers in North America have not yet begun to implement process automation. Perhaps it's because those printers mistakenly believe that it is a vendor issue, or perhaps too technical or too expensive to implement.

The JDF User Group printers agreed that it's up to printers to take charge of their own implementation plan, and printers that have not implemented automation need to hear directly from, and learn from, the printers that have implemented process automation. So the JDF User Group decided to put on a free morning program and discussion group just for printers, printer to printer, during PRINT09.

The program will be held on Saturday, September 12th from 7:00 am until 10:00 AM in room S106a of the McCormick Center. As the name implies, (other than the vendors that helped organize the program and are participating in it), this program is just for printers. The agenda of the program and other details are available from the CIP4 website at http://www.cip4.org/activities/schedule.php#194

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