User Manual

Work with variable data in document printing mode
Variable data printing is used for direct marketing, advertising, and personalised letters.
PRISMAprepare and document authoring tools allow to build personalised documents. Variable
data, for example names and addresses, are merged with fixed elements and saved as multi-
record documents. (See
Prepare print jobs with PRISMAprepare on page 84)
NR. NAME ADDRESS IMAGE
1 Jeff GB 12345 London IMG 12
2 Olaf NO 34567 Oslo IMG 34
3 Mieke NL 56789 Amsterdam IMG 56
4 Gina IT 45678 Rome IMG 78
5 Ulli DE 23456 Berlin IMG 90
[IMG]
[ADDRESS]
[NAME]
NO 34567
Oslo
Olaf
IT 45678
Rome
Gina
[44] Creation of personalised documents
PRISMAsync supports several PPML formats and the PDF/VT format for variable data printing.
(See
Print system specifications on page 291)
When PRISMAsync receives a variable data print job, it distinguishes the record structure.
Records are treated as print sets.
Large jobs can be converted into VDP jobs. (See Convert a job to a variable data job on page 128)
Submit variable data jobs to PRISMAsync with an automated workflow or PRISMAprepare. (See
Set up automated workflows on page 69)
[45] Properties of a variable data job
The icon indicates a variable data job in the job list. (See Print variable data jobs on page 142)
Work with variable data in document printing mode
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