More recent ‘open’ formats such as PPML, which supports a degree of live transparency effects, and PDF/VT, which enables anything that can be done in static print to also be done in a variable context, present both greater design freedom and potentially greater productivity issues.
Beyond optimising VDP jobs for printability there are several attributes of the DFE and its software that can also make a considerable difference to productivity. Support for the necessary VDP file formats is the first and most obvious, but the usability of the software for job setup and control is also important.
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