IBM 130 Plus manual Efficiency in printing variable content, Data integrity for variable content

IBM patented technology enables powerful RIP and print performance, delivering highly complex, fully variable content at high speeds.

Efficiency in printing variable content

When every page is unique, automatic page level recovery increases printing efficiency. If an error occurs in the middle of a job,AFP page level control allows the job to be continued, starting from the page where the error occurred rather than re-running the job. If a failure occurs on page 4,999 of a 10,000 page job, the job can be restarted or redirected to another Infoprint Color 130 Plus. In either case, because page level error recovery is automated, printing will start on page 4,999 automatically under system control. Page level error recovery, when compared to systems that provide job level recovery, can significantly reduce production costs associated with waste from lost pages and labor required to re-create print jobs.

Data integrity for variable content

For variable content jobs it is crucial that the right data — images, text, fonts, colors

—are printed on the right page.AFP provides management of the content so that you know, for example, that each customer’s statement printed with the right information on it. Because AFP manages every object from the output

server through the printer, job tickets cannot be mixed accidentally.

Leveraging your investment in PostScript graphics

The Infoprint Color 130 Plus, in combination with IBM’s AFP architecture and enhancements to IBM’s Infoprint Manager and PSF/MVS™ software, allows you to turn your data into1:1marketing tools with graphic arts quality.Variable

data objects created from graphic arts and design applications, including QuarkXPress™, Adobe® InDesign™ and PageMaker® can be used in AFP color applications.The Infoprint Color130 Plus has the ability to print full-color applications that use EPS (Encapsulated PostScript), TIFF, GIF, and JPEG input as resources for variable data documents.

Support for a broad range of applications

With Infoprint Manager for AIX included in the solution, Infoprint Color130 Plus can print full-color applications generated in Adobe PostScript® Level 3™ and PDF1.3. All the benefits of AFP’s job management and page level error recovery capabilities are available for full-color PostScript high- volume production applications.

High-throughput, personalized printing

The Infoprint Color 130 Plus combines the data integrity and resource management capabilities of AFP with the graphics strength of PostScript.

At the heart of the Infoprint Color130 Plus solution is the Advanced Function Common Control Unit™ (AFCCU™), which supports a broader range of variable content applications on a single system at speeds up to 30 percent faster than our previous offering.Cutting edge technology, the AFCCU printer controller incorporates IBM’s latest RISC technology.The controller