Capabilities Brochure Application

Application: Capabilities Brochure (Healthcare, VI Level: L2)

Solution: Tri-Fold Brochure : Customized Brochure for a Medical Group

Data Environment

Registration form. Database format.

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. Header files cannot have spaces in VIPP. The spaces were replaced with underscores.

Quark File Conditioning

When applicable, Quark static portions of the design were saved as an EPS and used as a background image. Some images needed to be extracted from the Quark file and edited. The pictures were resized to fit allocated space.

Asset Library

VIPP Project folder or VIPP Project Container

Coding

The image of the specialty is built using conditional logic. This is a simple task using Lytrod's conditional logic wizard.

Background images rendered from Quark documents as EPS files are used and Lytrod's extensive forms design tools completed the layout. It is important that the text be created in the variable data software tool so that the variable text will be able to consistently line up with static text.

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, JOB22.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, JOB22, is also provided. The project folder contains all files, including the data file, needed to run the application. Simply copy the JOB22 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 health_brochures.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: health_brochures.csv.

It is important to note that Lytrod supports VIPP image caching which dramatically improves job processing, as the variable images are ripped only once for the entire job.

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.

Turnaround Time

2 hours.

Overall Caveats and Considerations

None.