A number of top players in
the digital printing industry, with a core team from Duplo,
Hunkeler, IBM, Océ, Stralfors and Xerox,
joined forces to develop an open, expandable and intelligent interface
standard for all the hardware components in the digital print process.
UP³I – the Universal Pre- and Post-Processing Interface – will centralise
and unify process control for all the equipment on the print line, laying
the foundation for CCM (Computer Controlled Manufacturing) in digital
printing.
As an open, expandable interface,
the UP³I specification will establish a standard for process management
and control. It is based on the industry standards IEEE 1394, SNMP and
RFCs. The specification can be used by any equipment manufacturer free
of charge.
Today’s and future standards
for workflow management like JDF or other job descriptions can be used
to operate UP³I enabled process lines.