Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS 1250 - Manual (Page 116)

controller although less efficiently than Variable Print Specification
files. Each authoring program creates VDP code that instructs the
RIP where to place the VDP elements, and each authoring
program does so in a slightly different manner.
The format you choose can be a stand-alone format that covers all
aspects of document design, data management, and text capture,
or it can be an extension of an existing program that enables you
to create VDP documents and VDP jobs.
Variable Print Specification
The Variable Print Specification (VPS) file format was developed
by Creo. It is an extension of the PostScript language. The file
format is comprehensive and can cover a complete range of VDP
documents.
A Variable Print Specification job consists of the following
components:
● Booklet—A personalized copy of a document within a single
print run. Pages or elements within a page can vary from
booklet to booklet.
● Reusable elements—Self-contained graphical entities that can
be line art, text, raster images, or a combination of these types.
Reusable elements are represented in PostScript and can be
stored as EPS files when appropriate. Reusable elements
include clipping and scaling instructions as well as the image
data.
● Inline elements—Unique information that is drawn from a
database and is embedded in the sub-job. This data prints only
once for individual booklets.
PPML
Personalized Print Markup Language (PPML) is an XML-based
print language developed by some of the world's leading
manufacturers of print technology for the high-speed reproduction
of reusable page content. It is an open, interoperable, device-
independent standard that makes use of personalized print
applications. Various vendors have created software that can
generate PPML files.
The IC-309m print controller supports PPML formats and enables
you to process PPML jobs efficiently and import jobs in various
VDP formats to the IC-309m print controller.
PPML has a hierarchical structure. Document components are
separated from their submission file and can be organized and
stored at different levels of the hierarchical structure.
108 Chapter 8—Variable data printing jobs