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Send data merge directly to printer.

May 8, 2012 8:47 AM

Tags: #printing #printer #direct #data_merge

This ? has to have been asked before, sorry I did not find in multiple searches.

 

Is there a way to send a data merge directly to a printer?

 

I have a data merged postcard with variable images on front and address info. on back for 20,000 records.

 

Creating merged doc. or exporting pdf will produce a 40,000 page document if it actually succeeds.

 

Is it possible?  Any help is much appreciated!

 

PS I'm on CS5

1740 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: Jeffrey_Smith, May 8, 2012 9:44 AM
 
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  • Peter Spier
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    1. Peter Spier,
    May 8, 2012 8:52 AM   in reply to OHYEAHDANIEL
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    Nope. That's the way Data Merge works. It's primitive, but it's free. A real in-the-printstream solution is certainly a possibility for many commercial printers, but such modules are not inexpensive.

     
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  • OHYEAHDANIEL
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    2. OHYEAHDANIEL,
    May 8, 2012 9:10 AM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Thank you Peter, having you manning this forum is of such value to the user community.

    People pay big bucks for the kind of service you provide.

    Keep up the good work!

     
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    May 8, 2012 9:18 AM   in reply to OHYEAHDANIEL
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    If your printer is capable of ripping PDF instead of postscript, and you can mount a shared hot folder from the printer, then yes you could export to PDF on merge directly to printer.

     
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    4. OHYEAHDANIEL,
    May 8, 2012 9:22 AM   in reply to Jeffrey_Smith
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    Really?  My printer can most def. RIP PDF, it's a Xerox 1000 digital printer some would say press.  Can you expound?

     
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    May 8, 2012 9:22 AM   in reply to OHYEAHDANIEL
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    OHYEAHDANIEL wrote:

     

    People pay big bucks for the kind of service you provide.

    Not to me.

     
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  • Jeffrey_Smith
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    6. Jeffrey_Smith,
    May 8, 2012 9:44 AM   in reply to OHYEAHDANIEL
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    On the Indesign side, when you are ready to merge, from the flyout select export to PDF. This method creates just a PDF not an intermediate Indesign doc. And direct the PDF to a printer hot folder.

     

    As for your DFE, I can not direct you specifically with either an EFI or Creo DFE (and the many versions) that drive the Xerox 1000. However, both solutions will have the ability to share a folder, and once a PDF is copied to folder, you will need to select PDF to process, and the process might already be setup as an automatic function.

     
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