Firms rally around international spec for standardizing automated workflows.
Duplo, Hunkeler, IBM, Océ, Stralfors
and Xerox formed a joint venture to promote UP³I as an industry standard for
automated workflows.
UP³I is a standard specifying
end-to-end communications of systems data between the printer and the pre- and
post-processing hardware components of an integrated digital print line.
According to the group, the U.K.-based
venture, called UP³I Limited, will hold and continue developing the UP³I
specification, while the UP³I trademark will be registered in Australia, Canada,
the U.S., Switzerland, South Africa, Japan and the European Community. UP³I
licenses will be granted free of charge to third parties interested in the UP³I
technology to use the UP³I trademark and specification, the group
said.
UP³I is based on an open
vendor-independent non-proprietary standard enabling integration with present
and future workflow management standards. It enables integration with other
workflow standards, such as JDF developed by CIP4, by being the conduit for job
ticket and control information to reach every device in the digital print line.
For more information, visit UP³I
Limited here.
