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uploaded CSV data file. The buyer can select the Select Data & Create Data Source option then
choose which records in the MCD should be used in the VDP job.
● Sample VDP Data: Check this box to show sample data to buyers (i.e., the sample data in
the default file you upload below).
● Default File: Click Browse... and navigate to the file with the sample data, select it, and then
click Open.
● Click Upload File.
● Default Encoding: Select the correct encoding type from the pull-down list.
● Default DeLimiter: Select the type of delimiter (how the data fields in the sample file are
separated): , | Tab ;
● Use MCD: Click the checkbox to enable buyers to use multi-column data sets.
For more information on multi-column data sets (MCDs), see Data Sources .
f. Show individual records (Batch Mode)
If both Batch Mode and Show individual records (Batch Mode) are selected, the buyer
will be prompted to upload a CSV file. The file’s records are viewable and a preview
document (showing the user’s personalized data on the document) can be generated to spot
check each record’s content. This is useful for preventing printing a job that has formatting
issues, such as a name too long for the allotted space.
g. Dynamic Preview—Select to enable or disable a dynamic preview of the product. A dynamic
preview provides buyers with a virtual display of the product based on the print and finishing
options and features they select.
h. N-Up—N-up stands for Number of pages up (2-up, 3-up, 4-up, etc.) printing. N-up printing is
printing multiple buyer-submitted pages onto a single physical sheet and then cutting them to a
specified finished size. For example, instead of using letter paper (8 1/2 by 11-inch paper), a job
can be printed with a left-side page and a right-side page on tabloid (11 by 17-inch paper) and
then cut down the middle with an industrial paper cutter.
N-up printing accommodates your production processes that print multiple pages on a
single sheet then cut to final size (the “cut and stack” model). The savings can thus be passed
on to the buyer as the Digital StoreFront pricing engine will take into account the number of
sheets and impressions involved in printing N-up. For example, say a buyer orders 400 copies
of a 16-page document. Without N-up, the pricing would be calculated on 400 x 16 = 6400
impressions and 400 x 16 (simplex sheets per job) = 6400 sheets. But if the product is set up
for 2-up printing, only 3200 impressions and 3200 sheets are used (i.e., the number of sheets
and impressions is halved). The model correlates the product cost to your cost of production
with N-up capabilities (e.g., where lower impression cost is passed on to the buyer).
N-up outputs the N-up information via the “OrderInformation” XML file to Hagen, Logic,
ePace, and the External System Connector (ESC).