Fujifilm has added web-to-print capabilities to its XMF workflow system to help printers manage offset and digital print production.

　　XMF's open JDF and Pure PDF architecture made this possible.

　　The addition of the web-to-print systems to the refinements in XMF v3.0 means that XMF is now a comprehensive workflow platform for managing integrated production, said Fujifilm.

　　The system's Pure PDF architecture, remote functionality and 3D virtual proofing capability will speed up productivity.

　　Fujifilm said the XMF suite of workflow systems manages the whole range of print production requirements, including online job submission and approval via XMF Remote, print management via XMF Production Workflow, and web-to-print job procurement through its partnership with EFI.

　　XMF is built around JDF and the Adobe PDF Print Engine.

　　With Fujifilm's image processing, imposition and automation technologies built-in, the XMF workflow suite improves the control of quality across multiple print processes, increasing efficiency and productivity, ensuring colour consistency and optimising print production.

　　At Ipex 2010, Fujifilm will demonstrate a fully integrated web-to-print capability utilising EFI's Digital Storefront and XMF; it will output work to either offset or digital print systems depending on customer choice.

　　EFI's Digital Storefronts allow the customers of print-service providers to shop, specify, proof and buy print products using internet e-commerce tools with which they are familiar.

　　For the print-service provider, Digital Storefront acts as an on-ramp to the digital-production workflow and print management, reducing data re-entry, print errors and labour costs.

　　The addition of a web-to-print front-end to XMF provides printers with an online ordering system that is constantly available and also streamlines the way many different print services are ordered by their clients.

　　This includes new print work, reprints or complementary services, such as print distribution.