Welcome to JDF Pavilion

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Welcome to JDF Pavilion
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New Profit Opportunities withJDF and Gang
Printing

• Rohan Holt
• LithoTechnics
• Founder

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Todays Commercial Printing Industry

• Fierce competition
• Very tight margins
• Shorter runs
• Quicker turn-arounds

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Opportunities Gang Printing

• Well known as a very efficient manufacturing
  method
• Reduces the number of make-readies
• Reduces plate consumption
• Requires no major investment in new equipment

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Case Study Whirlwind Communications
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Case StudyWhirlwind Communications
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Case StudyWhirlwind Communications
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Case Study Whirlwind Communications

• One of Australias top 100 fastest growing
  companies (BRW Magazine, 10/04)
• Founded as a graphic design company
• Outsourced all printing until 2 years ago

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Case Study Whirlwind Communications

• What Whirlwind customers want
• Faster turn-around
• Lower prices
• Will compromise on quality if their jobs are
  delivered quicker and cheaper

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Case Study Whirlwind Communications

• What Whirlwind customers get
• Overnight turn-around when finishing requirements
  allow
• 90 fine art quality
• Lower price and better quality than digital print

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Why Dont More Printers Gang Print?

• Culture
• Sales
• Production
• Complexity
• Stock
• Colors
• Sizes
• Quantities
• Layouts

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Look Again. New Technology, New Opportunities

• Metrix, the automatic layout calculator
• JDF, making universal integration a reality

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Metrix

• Automatically gangs up to 100 different products
  on a sheet
• Considers
• Different sizes
• Different quantities
• Grain direction
• Bleeds
• Press capabilities
• Cutting folding

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Metrix

• Integrates with MIS through JDF
• Integrates with prepress through JDF and Preps
  templates
• Integrates with finishing through JDF and CIP3

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JDF Integration MIS

• JDF-enabled MIS systems
• Prism USA
• Optimus
• Tharstern
• NovaVision

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JDF Integration Prepress

• JDF-enabled prepress systems
• Agfa
• Dalim
• EskoGraphics
• Prepress systems and applications that accept
  Preps templates
• Creo
• Dynagram

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JDF Integration Finishing

• JDF-enabled folders
• MBO
• JDF-enabled cutters

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Thank you

• www.lithotechnics.com