Printing Variable Data Documents With Freeform; How Freeform Works - Fiery EX12 Printing Manual

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5-2 Printing Variable Data Documents
You cannot use the following print options and settings when printing
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variable data:
Combine Separations to On
Compression to Off
Optimize Power Point to On
Halftone Screen to any other setting than Contone
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Printing variable data documents with FreeForm

In FreeForm variable data printing, you can use print options to define master
documents and assign them to variable data jobs sent to the Fiery.

How FreeForm works

The basic premise of FreeForm variable data printing is that the master-element data
for the job can be sent to the Fiery and rasterized separately from the variable-element
data. The master-element data is stored on the Fiery in rasterized form as a FreeForm
master, and can be used as often as needed with multiple sets of variable-element
data. Because the FreeForm master job is preRIPped and stored on the Fiery, the
only RIP time required for variable data print jobs is the time needed to RIP the
variable-element data. You can use FreeForm masters for any fixed-element data you
might combine with different data from day to day. For example, a letterhead template
can be stored as a FreeForm master and used repeatedly as the background for different
letter content (the variable-element data).
FreeForm allows you to create the master and variable documents using any
application. You can create the two documents using different applications or
computer platforms. To create the masters document, you can use a page layout or
graphics application. To create the variable document, you can use a word processing
application that has a mail merge feature, a page layout application that supports
scripting, or a database application.
FreeForm functions are controlled with two print options: Create Master and Use
Master. You can set these options in the printer driver when you send a job, or instruct
the operator to set them with job overrides from Command WorkStation, Fiery
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