For a full list of all systems that are capable of producing or processing JDF, the best resource is the JDF Marketplace document on the CIP4 site.Here is a brief summary of systems that can be JDF-enabled.

• MIS or Management Information System: the system that is used to create quotations for customers, handle the order entry and creation of job tickets, keep track of jobs and handle their scheduling, invoice customers and handle stock (for paper, ink, plates,…). Given the wide range of tasks that MIS has to perform, it is not uncommon that companies use a mix of software applications coming from different vendors.
• Prepress workflow: systems that process data to generate proofs or plate data. Smaller systems can simply consist of a RIP while larger configurations have a built-in imposition module, preflighting, trapping,… Among the most popular prepress workflows are Agfa ApogeeX, Kodak Prinergy, Screen Trueflow or Harlequin based systems.
• Preflight software: software that checks if pages or artworks meets the production requirements for correct output.
• Imposition software: programs to combine multiple pages on a single press sheet. Unlike desktop printers, presses print on larger sheets of paper. How 2 to 24 (or more) pages can be combined on a single press sheet is handled by imposition software. Sometimes the software is only used to design the imposition template (the definition of how to combine all those pages), sometimes the imposition software actually processes the content and imposes the entire job.
  
• Press management systems: the software used to manage the jobs that get printed on one or more presses. Next to management functions such as determining job priority or tracking press up-time, these systems also allow a press operator to control settings of the presses. Press vendors offer such a solution for their systems, such as Pecom from Man Roland or K-Station from Komori. For big web presses there are also third party solutions available.
• Finishing equipment: cutters, folding machines, binding equipment,… nowadays can be preset using a configuration file that is controlled from a PC or built-in controller.