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Printing variable data documents with FreeForm, How FreeForm works

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55-2 Printing Variable Data Documents 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 EB-105EX. 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 EB-105EX and rasterized separately from the variableelement data. The master-element data is stored on the EB-105EX in rasterized form as a FreeForm master, and can be used as often as needed with multiple sets of variableelement data. Because the FreeForm master job is preRIPped and stored on the EB-105EX, 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 Spooler, or Fiery WebSpooler. You can also use Command WorkStation to monitor and manage all the FreeForm masters stored on the EB-105EX. For more information, see the Job Management Guide.

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Printing Variable Data Documents
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 EB-105EX.
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 EB-105EX and rasterized separately from the variable-
element data. The master-element data is stored on the EB-105EX 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
EB-105EX, 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
Spooler, or Fiery WebSpooler. You can also use Command WorkStation to monitor
and manage all the FreeForm masters stored on the EB-105EX. For more information,
see the
Job Management Guide
.