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1. Re: PPML print stream and InDesign
Dov Isaacs Aug 18, 2009 2:09 PM (in response to Bill Vojtech)There is no built-in facility to create PPML directly from InDesign, nor will there likely ever be one. You need a third party product for such PPML creation.
By the way, the future for VDP will really be PDF/VT, a new ISO standard being developed on top of the existing PDF/X-4 and PDF/X-5 standards; stay tuned.
- Dov
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2. Re: PPML print stream and InDesign
Bill Vojtech Aug 18, 2009 4:40 PM (in response to Dov Isaacs)Yes, I've been doing some reading since posting earlier, and I'm currently downloading some demos of InDesign plugins that will do variable data jobs and also print using PPML(DesignMerge Pro and XMPie).
Do you have any suggestions for VDP software? What looks like it will put PDF/VT to best use?
I have InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat, (CS4 Suite) on the Mac. I also have Printshop Mail on the Mac. We're looking into DirectSmile, but that's only available on the PC. We have one of those, too.
We'd like to be able to generate PURLs as well as do variable print.
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3. Re: PPML print stream and InDesign
Dov Isaacs Aug 18, 2009 4:43 PM (in response to Bill Vojtech)I know that all the major VDP plug-in vendors that work with InDesign are either already actively developing PDF/VT support or planning such. XMPie is an example of a vendor already developing PDF/VT support. In terms of printing, Adobe is putting PDF/VT support in the Adobe PDF Print Engine that will be powering many high speed digital printers over the next few years.
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