Glossary Term/Abbreviation Explanation
.DPM file Template file saved in DPM format which launches Database Print Manager
on double click.
.tsv Tab separated values, an exchange format for spreadsheet applications.
Acrobat s. Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat An application for creating and editing PDF files. Used by Database Print
Manager.
Database Print Manager Variable data printing application of DDP Server. Database Print Manager
allows to merge a template document with a database to print efficiently a
large number of document instances.
Document instance s. instance document
DPM Database Print Manager
Instance document A document produced from a template by replacing its tags with values from
a database.
Marker A pair of brackets, for example french brackets « »
Merge Creating an instance of a document within variable data printing. Merging is
performed in different ways on the client workstation and on the RIP to
maximize performance.
ODBC Open database connectivity. A protocol used for linking applications to
databases.
PDF Portable document format. PDF differs from PostScript by being less device
dependent, page independent and easily to view on many platforms.
Personalized printing s. variable data printing
Placeholder s. tag
PostScript Page description language with a rich feature set for mapping text, graphics
and images on raster devices like printers and film recorders.
Preview Showing an instance of a document produced by variable data printing on
the client workstation. S. merge.
ProfiRIP Printer controller of DDP Server.
Tag Identifier in a document marked for replacement with data from a database,
e.g. «FirstName». Tags correspond to database columns (e.g. FirstName,
LastName). Tags may denote text (like FirstName) or images/graphics (like
CarPicture.eps).
Template Document with placeholders (tags) to be replaced with values from a
database.
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