Canon imagePRESS C800 imagePRESS C800 Series Operation Guide - Page 84

Work with variable data in document printing mode Work with variable data in document printing mode Variable data printing is used for direct marketing, advertising, and personalized letters. PRISMAprepare and document authoring tools allow you to build personalized documents. Variable data, for example names and addresses, are merged with fixed elements and saved as multi-record documents. Prepare print jobs with PRISMAprepare on page 80 (See ) NR. NAME ADDRESS 1 Jeff GB 12345 London IMAGE 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 [43] Creation of personalized documents [IMG] [NAME] [ADDRESS] Olaf NO 34567 Oslo Gina IT 45678 Rome PRISMAsync supports several PPML formats and the PDF/VT format for variable data printing (See Print system specifications on page 294) Also manually created VDP jobs are supported. When PRISMAsync receives a variable data print job, it distinguishes the record structure. Records are treated as print sets. Submit variable data jobs to PRISMAsync with an automated workflow or PRISMAprepare. Set up automated workflows on page 67 (See ) [44] Properties of a variable data job The icon indicates a variable data job in the job list. Print variable data jobs on page 130 (See ) 84 Chapter 6 - Prepare the jobs imagePRESS C800 Series