Ricoh N905306 Podręcznik Użytkownika

RICOH Printing Systems DDP Server Database Print Manager Reference Guide SOFHA GmbH Version 2.1 N905306

Select a Type of Data Source (probably a user data source). Then select Next. Select the driver for the database source, then select Next. Then sele

Creating a Template Document A DPM template consists of static elements (text, graphics, and images), and variable elements represented by tags. You m

Viewing and printing a DPM Template Opening a DPM Control File To preview and print a DPM job, double click a DPM control file within Windows Explorer

The DPM Window You can select DPM functions from the pull down menus or the tool bar. You can control what tools are displayed from the View menu. The

DPM Settings To enter the Settings dialog click the Settings button in the tool bar, or select View » Settings. The Settings dialog allows you to en

Viewing the Database After launching DPM and establishing the data paths you can check the database. Click the Database button in the tool bar, or sel

Editing a Template To edit a template click the Template button in the tool bar, or select View » Template. DPM provides image and text tools to ed

Editing Image Properties Editing images is needed to associate a tag with them. When a DPM template is created, you need to mark images with tags with

Editing paragraph properties Editing text may be needed to adjust information about alignment and boundaries of paragraphs. For proper text flow, para

• Split to fixed lines – this splits the selected paragraph into single lines. Additionally each paragraph gets the attribute “Fixed position”. • C

Preface Welcome to Database Print Manager (DPM)! DPM is the variable data printing solution of the DDP Server printing system. DPM is described in th

Previewing Documents To examine the results of merging variable data with the DPM template click the Preview button in the tool bar, or select View »

Printing DPM offers three options for printing: • Print the DPM job – this prints all or a subset of the personalized documents. Output is optimized

Distribution by E-Mail You can distribute a DPM template by E-Mail. In order to do this, DPM will create a PDF file for each record in your database a

Glossary Term/Abbreviation Explanation .DPM file Template file saved in DPM format which launches Database Print Manager on double click. .tsv Tab s

Term/Abbreviation Explanation Variable data printing (VDP) Printing a template document in combination with a database. A template is a document with

Contents Preface ...

General Database Print Manager Overview Database Print Manager (DPM) is the variable data printing solution of the DDP Server printing system. It is d

DPM Installation DPM is installed during the DDP Server installation. See the DDP Server User Guide for details of the installation. Basic Steps The b

Tags and Field Names A tag in the DPM template represents a placeholder for variable data. A tag is identified by an enclosing marker which may be fre

Creating a DPM Template Preparing a Database It is recommended to first create and fill in data into a database or identify an existing database to us

After all settings informations have been entered, select File » Save to save the DPM control file. The template can now be viewed and personalized.