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Citation Software Inc.
Specialists in variable-data publishing since 1986
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www.CitationSoftware.com info@CitationSoftware.com 508-436-2543
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QUESTION: What is VPS?
ANSWER: VPS stands
for "Variable Print Specification."
VPS is a PostScript-based language for
describing full-color variable-data-printing
jobs. The VPS language was invented by Scitex Corporation Ltd.
and is now maintained by Scitex's
affiliate Creo, Inc.,
a global company with key strengths in imaging
and software technology.
A guiding principle of VPS is its ability to
specify which elements of a variable-data print
job will be
repeated from page to page. This allows
variable-data print jobs to print at
or near rated speed on
a printer or digital press with a RIP
that is capable of
understanding VPS, because it is possible to reduce
or eliminate the need to download the same data
to the printer or digital press
and RIP
it multiple times during the same print job.
Because VPS enables speedy printing, it
is known as a "print-optimization technology."
Click here to learn
about the challenge of dealing with redundant
data in a variable-data-printing workflow.
Producer and consumer
To use VPS in your variable-data-printing workflow,
you need a VPS producer and a VPS consumer.
A VPS producer is a variable-data-printing
application that
can generate output in VPS format, and a VPS
consumer is a printer or digital press with a RIP that can
understand the VPS code generated by your
VPS producer.
VPS producers
Quite a few of the leading
variable-data-printing/publishing solutions
are capable of
generating VPS output.
Among them are:
- Creo's own Darwin Desktop,
which is a QuarkXPress Xtension
that allows you to design and produce
variable-data documents from within
QuarkXPress
- Atlas Software's PrintShop Mail,
which is a standalone application that
makes it easy to use PDF
files as boilerplate documents
- Meadows Publishing Solutions' DesignMerge Pro,
which is a QuarkXPress Xtension that allows
you to design and produce variable-data documents from
within QuarkXPress.
- Document Sciences' Autograph,
which is a sophisticated suite of software products
for producing variable-data documents
- Elixir Technologies' Opus, which is
a very powerful document-composition system that's idea for doing high-volume
production, finishing, and mailing of
customized business documents in black & white and full color.
- Pageflex's Persona
and Mpower
products, which are very powerful, nicely designed,
easy-to-use variable-data-publishing solutions
- PrintSoft's PReS,
which is another powerful software solution
for creating variable-data documents
- XMPie's PersonalEffect,
which is a modular software suite for
creating variable-data documents
VPS consumers
To learn about VPS consumers, click the links below:
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508-436-2543
www.CitationSoftware.com
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