![]() XMPie probably accounts for about 80% of our output.Īgain, it depends on what your specific requirements are. We're one of the larger mailhouses in New Zealand our mail items volumes are in the tens of millions. It's possible you'll get more benefit from an Excel savant who can make the data work for your existing VDP platform than you'll get from a layperson using overpowered VDP software - it all depends on what sort of thing you are doing or want to do. One key thing remember, getting some flash VDP software is great, but getting someone who is a data ninja will put you on a whole different playing field. It's also heaps cheaper than any other platform out there, because chances are you already have it in your shop. Believe me, I know that from a print production perspective MS Word is pus, but there are plenty of ways to make it fit into your workflow and still have good control over the printed output. ![]() In fact, Word has some benefits that XMPie can't match. Rip times are fine if you build the artwork correctly (make sure all links are correct size etc - usual prepress stuff)īelieve it or not, but MS Word can be very powerful as well, but you need to know your stuff. XMPie is our primary PDF-based VDP platform we use for our Fiery RIPs. It's expensive, but easy to use (if you get the uCreate license) and very powerful, though I can't speak for the other software solutions mentioned in this thread. We run XMPie at our mailhouse, amongst other VDP platforms. The server version will do it, but the cost was not justifiable. I was impressed with most of the capabilities of XMPie, but the desktop version lacked one feature we could not live without - batch processing, i.e., the ability to output those 30,000 records as 60 files of 500 records each. We've had very few problems with ripping speed from output from either-the two important considerations there are 1) Are you outputting an efficient format (e.g., PDF-VT)? and 2) are you eliminating transparency from the variable content whenever possible? ![]() (The FusionPro fans will probably jump in here to point out that it can handle all that, which is true, but the make-ready time per file is much higher, and usually involves writing code.) I'll use Fusion Pro for simple addressing or numbering jobs, but when I'm handed an InDesign file with image/page swaps, or conditional formatting on text, I'll set it up in DesignMerge. My shop just went through this exact decision process to replace an old Creo Darwin install, and in the end, we ended up purchasing both DesignMerge as well as upgrading FusionPro.
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