What is PJTF?
Adobe's Portable Job Ticket Format (PJTF) does the following tasks:
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Contains descriptions of device-specific settings.
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Specifies the sequence of JTPs that will process PDF files.
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Describes the desired output style for one or more pages from PDF
files.
Since the PDF file does not contain these settings, the output device
uses PJTF files to set the unique output characteristics, such as
duplexing or two-up printing. Complex layouts like those required by a
commercial printing press and bindery operation can also be described
inside a PJTF file. Since the content of the pages is separate from the
content of the PJTF, changing device-specific settings requires only the
creation of a new PJTF that references the same PDF.
Prinergy extends the concept of Job Ticket files with features such as
archiving. In addition, Prinergy stores some data files such as
imposition plans and process templates as PJTF files. Although these
files are incomplete job tickets, they are stored using this standard
format. Then, when required, Prinergy constructs complete PJTF files
for submission to Extreme, by combining the necessary pieces (input
file content and layout information contained in templates) with
parameters set in process templates.
A job ticket containing loose page output settings is attached to a PDF
page to make a complete PJTF file ready for processing by Extreme.
A job ticket containing imposed page output settings is attached to
several PDF pages to make a complete PJTF file ready for processing
by Extreme.
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Chapter 12—Outputs
