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3.VIPP

Variable Data Intelligent PostScript PrintWare, or VIPP, (formerly XGF) provides a facility for the easy integration of data, forms, and images from host applications to the PostScript environment.

VIPP offers the following benefits:

•Allows imaging and data processing applications to produce an easy-to-implement data stream that is PostScript-compliant.

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Provides access to optimal performance.

Keeps applications independent of PostScript and printer evolution.

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Brings all the power of PostScript to production printing without requiring a heavy investment in PostScript training.

Provides a cost effective solution for continuing to print host- based applications.

VIPP software is installed with the standard DocuPrint NPS system and provides PostScript macro definitions (XGF commands) to the PostScript interpreter. Normal PostScript jobs print as always, while jobs that include VIPP commands can take advantage of the power offered by VIPP. Refer to the Guide to Configuring and Managing the System for more information on VIPP installation.

The VIPP package provides the following two modes of operation:

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Native mode—Provides a set of easy-to-use operators bundled as a PostScript program that enables the quick development of host-based production printing applications.

Line mode—Enables formatting and extensive print job control of host-supplied ASCII or EBCDIC data with minimal change for host applications. Line mode commands are modeled after Xerox LCDS commands, coupled with a growing list of third party tools available on the market today, enables the simple migration of LCDS print jobs to the PostScript environment. This capability is often needed when you are downsizing from a centralized IM shop to a client/server architecture. An adaptation to Line mode also allows formatting and job control of field delimited database files supplied from multiple hosts.

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