Oce PRISMAweb XMPie PersonalEffect, User Manual

Page 1: ...Océ XMPie User Guide Océ PRISMAweb V4 0 The e Business solution for Print Service Providers ...

Page 2: ...n any way without the express permission in writing Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment Océ and PRISMA are registered trademarks of Océ Technologies B V This document may contain further registered trademarks trademarks and service marks that are the property of their respective owners _ ...

Page 3: ...et up Configuration 3 Configuration Check 4 Importing an XMPie PersonalEffect Template to the Océ PRISMAweb System 5 Print Buyer Side 11 Ordering From a Template 11 Uploading a Database File 13 Restrictions and Known Limitations 15 Imposition 15 Appendix Troubleshooting for XMPie 16 Checklist 16 Troubleshooting 17 ...

Page 4: ...ii XMPie PersonalEffect Integration Guide ...

Page 5: ...s customize and order VI campaigns directly from PRISMAweb Dynamic proofing and the generation of all VI output formats which are supported in PersonalEffect and are available directly from PRISMAweb in a completely transparent way An integrated online solution that places the Print Provider at the center of all relevant media campaign information The following chapter describes the procedure invo...

Page 6: ...erver the Customer Name User and Password must be accessed In addition an expert level of understanding of the PersonalEffect accounts and campaigns and variable template creation is required in order to effectively present the templates for order by the Print Buyer XMPie PersonalEffect Server Information Server IP Customer User Password ...

Page 7: ...s Campaign s on the XMPie Personal Effects Server and the Océ PRISMAweb system carry out the following steps 1 On the Print Provider side access the External Systems window by clicking on Settings Integrations External Systems 2 Select XMPie in the Systems pane 3 Enter the XMPie Personal Effects Server IP Customer User Password 4 Click on OK ...

Page 8: ...failure Test Comment XMPie Api calls Verify that the XMPie server has been installed and that in Settings the XMPie Server Local IP field has been correctly configured Validate Login Info Verify that the XMPie server has been installed and that in Settings the Customer User and Password fields have been correctly configured Copy file to XMPie server Verify the following In Settings the Production ...

Page 9: ... uProduce Server Tests field box and then click on OK Note The appearance of Windows Explorer confirms XMPie connectivity However if a dialog box appears that prompts entering a login and a password refer to the XMPie Installation Manual Importing an XMPie PersonalEffect Template to the Océ PRISMAweb System To import an XMPie PersonalEffect template to the Océ PRISMAweb system carry out the follow...

Page 10: ...n Guide 2 Click on the Synchronize with External Repository link the Import Template Wizard opens with the Choose Document Source window 3 Click on the XMPie radio button and then click on the Start Import Wizard button the Choose Campaign window appears ...

Page 11: ...tegration Guide 7 4 From the dropdown boxes select an account and a campaign and then click on Next the Choose XMPie Personal Effects Document window appears 5 Select a document template and then click on Next the Choose Job Type window appears ...

Page 12: ...rsonalEffect Integration Guide 6 Select an appropriate Job Type and click on the Next button the Edit Properties window appears 7 Define the Job s properties and then click on the Next button the Choose Output Device window appears ...

Page 13: ...tput Device and then click on the Next button the Template Pricing window appears 9 Define the template pricing and then click on the Next button the Template Attributes window appears Note Information entered into Template Attributes will be used by the Template Search engine for establishing the precise location of the template ...

Page 14: ... Guide 10 Define the template attributes and then click on the Finish button the XMPie template now appears in the Customers Templates window together with all of the other PRISMAweb templates Note XMPie PersonalEffect templates are represented by the icon ...

Page 15: ... an XMPie PersonalEffect template to the Océ PRISMAweb system the template is available for creating new Jobs and the workflow follows regular procedure for PRISMAweb templates To order a new Job from an XMPie PersonalEffect template carry out the following steps 1 On the Print Buyer side click on Order Jobs the Order Jobs window appears ...

Page 16: ...indow appears 3 Select the target template and then click on Continue the Enter the Variable Data window appears 4 Enter all Variable Data information and then click on Add To Cart to send the Job to the Shopping Cart 5 To complete the Job order click on Add to Cart and Checkout 6 Continue with the PRISMAweb workflow as outlined in the Print Provider Guide ...

Page 17: ...de 13 Uploading a Database File 1 To upload a database file into the Variable Data Form click on the Add Records link the Add Variable Data Records window appears Note When using the Add Records option complete only those fields marked with the pin symbol ...

Page 18: ...the appropriate field name and then click on Continue the Variable Data Express window appears Note The Variable Data Express enables accessing a PDF Preview All PDF previews in the XMPie workflow are automatically generated as low res images by the XMPie server 4 Click on Add to Cart in order to send the Job to the Shopping Cart or click on Add to Cart and Checkout in order to complete the workfl...

Page 19: ...Restrictions and Known Limitations XMPie PersonalEffect Integration Guide 15 Restrictions and Known Limitations Imposition The Imposition feature cannot be used with the VDX format ...

Page 20: ...puter is shared and that the share name is XMPie with the relevant permissions Verify that the share is accessible from the PRISMAweb server e g you can copy some files to the folder XMPie server IP XMPie 4 The Proof and Print output can be created from the specific template campaign on the XMPie PersonalEffect server 5 The ability to import the working template into the PRISMAweb Additionally ver...

Page 21: ...me folder and change the name to DoProduceCustomizedEx asp Problem Description 1 You always get the same PDF preview of the VI Job See Checklist items 1 and 2 2 An Error Message appears informing that the external Job cannot be created See Checklist item 6 If the Job is working with sample data verify that the Variable Data is properly formatted e g number and date fields can be converted to numbe...

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