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PDF/VT-3 (ISO 16612-3:2020) for
variable data and transactional printing

11. December 20202. December 2020 by Stephan Jaeggi

The third version of the ISO standard for variable data and transactional printing PDF/VT-3 (ISO 16612-3:2020) has been published.

PDF/VT-3 is based on the recently published PDF/X-6 and uses, among other things, the DPart metadata for structuring PDF pages, which has been newly included in PDF 2.0 (32000-2).

Two sorts of variable data
in Harlequin RIPs

29. October 202029. October 2020 by Stephan Jaeggi

Why are there two ways to handle variable data in Harlequin RIPs from Global Graphics? What’s the difference between Harlequin VariData and Dynamic Overlays? The two use cases revolve around who has the data, when they have it, whether a job should start printing before all the data is available, and whether there are any requirements to restrict access to the data.

Accelerate variable print productivity

3. August 202013. May 2020 by Stephan Jaeggi

Six years ago Global Graphics published the brochure Do PDF/VT Right. Last year a second edition was published.

Now the follow-up publication Full Speed Ahead was introduced.

Full Speed Ahead: How to make variable data PDF files that won’t slow your digital press is a concise guide published today that provides objective information and advice to anyone with a stake in VDP: graphic designers, print buyers, production managers, press operators, owners of PSPs, and developers of digital presses and composition tools.

The free guide is edited by Martin Bailey, chief technology officer for Global Graphics and the primary UK expert to the ISO committees that maintain and develop PDF and PDF/VT.

Exchange color space eciCMYK v2
with improved gray axis

3. August 202029. April 2020 by Stephan Jaeggi

The European Color Initiative (ECI) has revised its CMYK exchange color space. The new version eciCMYK v2 (FOGRA59) offers an improved gray axis and thus expands the application possibilities of the CMYK exchange color space compared to the previous version. The new profile can be downloaded free of charge from the (german) ECI homepage.

Variable data printing with «AccurioPro Variable Data» from Konica Minolta

4. August 202020. February 2020 by Stephan Jaeggi

Konica Minolta has introduced Accurio Pro Variable Data, a new VDP (Variable Data Printing) software for printing and publishing variable data.

Accurio Pro Variable Data is a powerful variable data plug-in for Adobe InDesign®. It enables seamless integration and easy addition of variable elements to any InDesign document to create a variety of unique file and VDP formats, including PDF/VT.