Martin Bailey of Global Graphics awarded CIP4 fellowship award

The International Cooperation for the Integration of the Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4) organization presented Martin Bailey of Global Graphics with the CIP4 Fellowship Award.

As a CIP4 Fellow, Bailey has been granted a life-long individual CIP4 membership. The CIP4 Fellowship Award recognizes individuals whose contributions to the development of the Job Definition Format (JDF) Specification are both substantial and of significance to the integrity and function of JDF, as well as individuals who may have contributed to the industry’s adoption of JDF by educating manufacturers of JDF systems and JDF users and/or by actively disseminating information about JDF. The CIP4 Fellowship award is made at the discretion of the CIP4 board of directors with usually one Fellowship awarded each year.

‘Martin has fulfilled every possible requirement of CIP4 Fellowship,’ said CIP4 CEO Margaret Motamed of EFI. ‘He’s been an active contributor to the specification and helped shape the specification. He has spoken at numerous JDF seminars and programs, and he has authored many articles on the subject of JDF. Most notably, he’s played perhaps the most significant part in forming, shaping and directing the organization.’

‘It’s difficult enough to create consensus agreement in any group, but CIP4 is an international organization with active members on every continent except Antarctica and the amount of effort required of Martin to create the kind of consensus he did to make CIP4 and JDF a reality cannot be overstated’, said CIP4 executive director James Harvey. ‘Martin has been a very public figure in the industry and he’s played a part in the development of several standards, however, nothing else has the scope and potential longevity of JDF, and he will be forever associated with JDF and the modernization of the printing industry.’

Bailey is chief technology officer at Global Graphics where he specifies and designs many aspects of Global Graphic's printing and document technology which extends across several page description languages including PostScript, PDF and XPS (XML Paper Specification). He is active in representing Global Graphics on a number of industry bodies and standards committees, including chairing CGATS, and chairing the ANSI/CGATS SC6 Task Force 1.