Yves Bougardier

AFP originated within IBM as a mainstream presentation architecture. In 2004, IBM invited companies from across the industry into a bilateral collaboration called the AFP Color Consortium. After successfully defining AFP CMOCA (Color Management Object Content Architecture), the role of this team expanded into other areas of AFP architecture. In 2009, the AFP Consortium (AFPC) was formally incorporated as a peer-based open standards organization with Core, Participating and Associate member… Show more

AFP originated within IBM as a mainstream presentation architecture. In 2004, IBM invited companies from across the industry into a bilateral collaboration called the AFP Color Consortium. After successfully defining AFP CMOCA (Color Management Object Content Architecture), the role of this team expanded into other areas of AFP architecture. In 2009, the AFP Consortium (AFPC) was formally incorporated as a peer-based open standards organization with Core, Participating and Associate member levels. The entire AFP architecture is now developed and maintained by the AFPC. Show less

The Ghent Workgroup, formed in June 2002, is an international assembly of industry associations and suppliers from across Europe and the United States. The Ghent Workgroup's objective is to establish and disseminate process specifications for best practices in graphic arts workflows. Since its inception over ten years ago, the organization has consistently produced numerous process specifications for PDF exchange, as well as developing useful tools for automating processes and establishing… Show more

The Ghent Workgroup, formed in June 2002, is an international assembly of industry associations and suppliers from across Europe and the United States. The Ghent Workgroup's objective is to establish and disseminate process specifications for best practices in graphic arts workflows. Since its inception over ten years ago, the organization has consistently produced numerous process specifications for PDF exchange, as well as developing useful tools for automating processes and establishing consistent PDFs for print and publishing - all available free at: www.gwg.org. Show less

CPX Group (Color Process eXperience eXchange) is a consortium of 10 pioneer companies with representation from Japan (Iseto), France (DATA ONE), USA (DST Output), the United Kingdom (IOS), Spain (Servinform), Italy (Leaderform), Morocco (Tragem), Thailand (T.K.S. SIAM PRESS), Israel (Bèeri Print) and Finland (Hansaprint), who are leaders in high speed digital inkjet and multi-channel print communications.