Agfa Graphics adds VDP capability to M-Press Tiger
Agfa Graphics has added variable data capabilities to the M-Press Tiger high-speed flatbed inkjet printer it co-developed with Thieme. Via the Apogee Vibe software, originally created for use with the Agfa Dotrix printer, M-Press Tiger users can now offer VDP services - without slowing down the printing process in most common use cases.
Apogee Vibe is graphic editor for creating print jobs with variable data content. With it the user can define elements such as text, graphics and images which may change from one document to the next - variable elements (text or graphics) being retrieved from a database. And to optimise print capacity on press, Apogee Vibe supports multiple-up variable pages on the same sheet.?
A VDP preview displays the actual content of the fields from the database and the static images (those that are the same in all documents). Pages are assembled on the fly as variable elements from each record are merged with the static elements during printing.?
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