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Objectif Lune PlanetPress Suite 5 |
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Low-Cost, High-Speed Variable Content Printing for Customized, Transactional Forms and Documents On-Demand!
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- Variable data document processing software package allows creation and management of dynamic, printer-based documents for customized and transactional printing applications
- Modular solution to meet your specific needs, including: PlanetPress, PlanetPress Watch, PlanetPress Image, PlanetPress Search, PlanetPress Fax
- Print on-demand to any PostScript enabled laser printer on your network and simultaneously create electronic copies of your output
- Eliminates the need for costly impact printers and pre-printed forms
- No additional hardware, middleware, software or system modifications required
- User-friendly interface provides robust formatting and layout for text and graphics pages
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| Overview |
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Objectif Lune PlanetPress Suite is a variable data and forms-creation printing solution that enables the production and management of personalized or customized documents and transactional business forms. PlanetPress Suite is an open architecture tool that allows PostScript-enabled laser printers (including Canon imageRUNNER and Ricoh Aficio copiers and printers) to be used for complex variable data printing applications using data from almost any host computer, with no changes to the host system required.
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Dynamic documents that automatically reformat themselves according to your variable data can be created with Objectif Lune PlanetPress Suite. Text and graphics can logically appear or disappear, according to the business need, based upon information contained within the data stream. Print the right elements, for the right customers, every time. Line conditions are also supported, changing for example the font or color of a line based upon information within that line. You can use data on your customers’ purchase history to automatically include messages or images of related products that they might be interested in. Typical applications include documents such as invoices, reports, statements, pick tickets, shipping labels, bar coded applications, and more.
PlanetPress Suite optimizes output so that it prints fast at local or remote printers, can be sent as an email or fax, and can even simultaneously generate an indexed electronic copy for hand off to your electronic document management system.
PlanetPress Suite allows the creation of multi-part and multi-format forms and performs conditional printing, sorting and bar coding…all on standard business paper. When a specific form is required, it is ordered from a digital file stored on the printer’s hard drive or memory, eliminating the need for buying, storing and using pre-printed forms or using slow, old-style impact printers. No print operator training is necessary; they hit file/ print as always, and PlanetPress Suite takes it from there.
Experience increased workflow efficiency and lower production costs, and enjoy greater control over the design of your most important, mission-critical documents. You can create spectacular, eye-catching forms on the fly with ease using PlanetPress’ intuitive Windows-based point-and-click design interface. Documents can then be printed, archived, e-mailed or faxed—automatically and simultaneously.
The PlanetPress Suite of products consists of five modules:
- PlanetPress, the core module of the PlanetPress Suite, is a complete design tool that is used to create and modify forms and compose variable data on-screen with desktop-publishing simplicity. A convenient WYSIWYG graphical interface allows user to define form styles, add formatted text, barcodes and macros, incorporate graphics and images, select data, attach conditions, select colors, and even create charts, graphs, logos and special shapes.
- PlanetPress Watch output management software monitors and automates print processing and distribution of your documents. PlanetPress Watch captures, incoming data streams, processes and routes them to multiple output destinations with no human intervention required. In conjunction with other PlanetPress modules, it also enables output job splitting, cluster printing, remote printing, archiving in PDF, JPG and TIFF formats and document distribution via email or fax.
- PlanetPress Image plugs into PlanetPress Watch to enable the generation of PDFs, JPGs or TIFFs, for email or archive.
- PlanetPress Fax enables automatic, direct faxing of documents via modem or fax server. Any documents that cannot be transmitted can be printed to ensure communications integrity.
- PlanetPress Search is an Adobe® Acrobat® plug-in that enables multi-document searching through an optimized database of archived PDFs created with PlanetPress Image. Conduct search queries to quickly find archived documents for on-screen viewing, reprinting or re-transmitting by email or fax.
PlanetPress Suite offers numerous efficiency advantages:
- Elimination of expensive pre-printed forms
- Printing of laser-quality originals on-demand at full engine speed
- Personalized messaging on the fly
- Storage of forms on the printer, minimizing LAN traffic
- Ability to print to any connected device on your corporate network
- Faster production times
- Reduced printing and labor costs
- Multiple delivery options
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| Application & Environment |
With Objectif Lune PlanetPress Suite, users of variable data can end their reliance on awkward, expensive impact printers and pre-printed forms and make the move to more efficient, higher quality laser printing. PlanetPress Suite allows organizations to create and manage dynamic, customized forms on-demand and to incorporate data streams into print documents with greater accuracy, flexibility and style. All of which makes PlanetPress Suite a solution to consider for such data-intensive print environments as:
- Mailing Houses
- Corporate Reprographic Departments
- School Districts, Colleges and Universities
- Insurance Companies
- Healthcare Institutions
- Utilities
- Banks and Financial Institutions.
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Planet Press Suite is a useful tool for printing a wide range of transactional documents, such as:
- Multi-Part Business Forms
- Billing Statements and Invoices
- Bar-Codes and Labels
- Shipping Manifests
- MICR Check Printing
- Grey Bar Reports
- Insurance Policies/Healthcare Forms
- Financial Documents
- School Reports/Forms (Grades, Course Schedules, Invoicing)
- Industrial Business Graphics
PlanetPress Suite also enables quick design of personalized documents and high-speed mail merging for powerful promotional communications and one-to-one marketing initiatives:
- Advertisements, brochures, flyers and booklets
- Personalized letters, postcards and direct mail campaigns
- Discount Coupons, gift certificates and tickets, Postcards, Flyers, Tickets, Certificates, Letters
A truly open-architecture printing system, PlanetPress Suite is designed to run on any PostScript-enabled device and integrates easily into almost any network environment, including, but not limited to: OS/400, MVS, DOS, OS/2, UNIX or Linux, and most ODBC compliant relational databases. PlanetPress also supports XML data natively, which is often emitted from CRM and ERP systems. Implementation is as easy as plugging in the laser printer. As far as the operator is concerned, there is no need to learn any new software or perform printer alignments. Planet Press Suite supports the use of commercial Windows-based software for the design of forms and images; and the formatting of applications data with different fonts, line spacing, orientation and placement.
PlanetPress Suite can be used in tandem with Documentum AX5, IBM DB2 Content Manager, Laserfiche and Westbrook Technologies’ Fortis electronic document management systems (also available from IKON).
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| Features: |
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| Graphical User Interface and WYSIWYG Text Formatting |
User friendly interface uses familiar, standard Windows environment with easy drag and drop of text, images and data. Fully customizable toolbars and dockable windows enhance the user experience. Edit and format text and paragraphs using tools just like standard word processing applications. Spell-check. TrueType® and PostScript® Type 1 font support. International character support including double byte for the Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages, ISO Latin 9 and Euro. |
| Conditional variable content |
Text and graphics can logically appear or disappear, according to the business need, based upon information contained within the data stream. Print the right elements, for the right customers, every time. Line conditions are also supported, changing for example the font or color of a line based upon information within that line. |
| Color management |
Manage color profiles based on printing criteria to ensure accurate on-screen rendering of documents through the creation process. Color picker tool lets you select color from anywhere on the screen to fill in outline shapes or business graphics, or specify RGB, HTML or CMYK values. |
| Graph and Barcode Wizards |
Wizard-driven tools for adding dynamic labelled 3-D pie, line or bar charts. Easily add industry-standard bar codes including but not limited to: PDF-417, UPC/EAN, Code 39, Code 128 and PostNet. |
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| Security |
Manage document access and privileges with passwords to protect content. |
| Database support |
In addition to most other data streams, use any ODBC compliant database as data stream for your Intelligent Document. Execute live queries for up-to-the-minute information in addition to .csv and data from almost any host. Supports Microsoft Access, Oracle, and SQL database server platforms. |
| Graphics support |
Include graphics originating from standard formats including BMP, TIFF, JPG, EPS and PDF, with full color support. Preview large graphics and process them quickly with automatic optimization. Place, rotate and resize graphics directly in the document. |
| PlanetPress Talk |
Robust built-in scripting language does not require a host system to run on. Allows creation of complex conditional variable content documents without compromise. |
| Drag and drop data and graphic import |
Data filtering Job splitting Extended scripting capabilities (including support for VBScript, Jscript, or PerlScript languages) Batch PDF and fax logging SNMP compliance allows a process to branch conditionally according to the printer's status. POP3, Telnet and FTP inputs; SMTP and FTP outputs. EBCDIC to ASCII plug-in Automatic PlanetPress Search Database Update Optimized search indexing Unlimited Search Criteria |
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| Specifications: |
| Processor |
Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent |
| Operating System |
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with SP2, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 |
| Memory Requirements |
512 MB of RAM. 500 MB of available hard disk space. |
| Printers |
Must be Adobe® PostScript® Level 2 or 3 with PostScript Level 2 image caching. 48MB of RAM. Hard disk or flash memory recommended |
| Incoming Variable Data |
Can come from any data management platform including UNIX, Vax (VMS), iSeries Servers (OS/400), Novell, or Windows NT/XP/200x data servers. |
| Monitor |
1024 x 768 color monitor with 16-bit color or greater graphics card. |
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