Business Cards Application

Application Profile

Application: Business Cards (Retail, VI Level: L2)

Solution:

Business Cards: Multi-Up with Quantity Selection

Data Environment

Delimited data staff information.

Supplemental Data

None.

Web Integration

Data can come from any source, no additional processing needed. Perhaps a data file might be submitted via the WEB to a print service bureau, in this case a Lytrod/VIPP workflow would be very efficient as such a small amount of information would be transferred.

Data Conditioning

Open in Excel and save as a delimited file format.

Quark File Conditioning

No Quark files used we designed the application using Proform Designer's layout tools and the EPS file provided for the logo.

Asset Library

VIPP Project folder or VIPP Project Container

Coding

Proform Designer's multi-up feature allows for design of a single card and automatically positions multi-up layout. The number of times the data record should repeat on the page can be defined. In this case, we indicated that the data record is repeated 10 times in 5 rows and 2 columns); so each page of the sample job has one customer name. The special pre-perforated stock has a margin area around the page, Proform Designer allows for this via a user defined offset value. The multi-up job build menu is shown here:

Lytrod's Proform Designer creates VIPP code and resources and the document is ultimately composed and assembled at the VIPP enabled engine from the raw data.

RIP and Print Process

The VIPP enabled engine does the composition, imposition, RIP and print process.

Provided is a VIPP Project Container, JOB13.VPC, the VPC file contains all of the files including a job submission file. The VPC can be launched using the VIPP Project Manager or on supported DFEs.

Since not all DFEs support Project Containers, a VIPP Project Folder, JOB13, is also provided. The project folder contains all files, including the data file, needed to run the application. Simply copy the JOB13 folder and its contents to the XGFC/Projects folder on the VIPP enabled engine.

The production print stream is the data file, in this case retail_staff.csv, which contains the VIPP job ticket and database data. In a production print environment, the data file would be sent to the VIPP enabled printer via LPR (this can be done via Lytrod's Proform Designer or via any standard LPR demon). For demonstration, you may simply open the project folder and "print" the data file: retail_staff.csv.

Scalability

Unlimited. This is the advantage of the dynamic document construction method used by VIPP. The document is composed at the RIP in real time, as the data is sent to the printer. This business card application is a dramatic example of how efficient a true VIPP workflow is. For example you might print 1,000 business cards 100 sheets, the only data being sent through the network (or submitted via the web), would be a single data record.

Turnaround Time

30 minutes.

Overall Caveats and Considerations

None.