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Static Documents
Static documents, as their name implies, consist of fixed contents. Since they include no dynamic objects, these documents cannot altered to reflect each recipient’s data. Instead, all recipients of a static document get identical instances of this product. Customers can upload static jobs to be printed directly for their computers for one time printing (see user help files) or static products can be stored in the system if the job is ordered repeatedly by a user of a company or multiple users of a company.
Dynamic Documents
Dynamic documents contain dynamic objects and can therefore be adapted to each customer’s and recipient’s needs. This is done using two different processes: customization and personalization. To add dynamic documents to your company and setup their properties, it is important to understand what each process entails and make the distinction between the two.
Customization is a process that reflects the Customer’s input. It is performed on Objects and Variables that are included in a dynamic document and are made available to Go ePower. Customers can manually specify fixed values for these Objects and the specified values are common to all dynamic document instances of an order. For example, a customer may customize a dynamic newsletter by specifying the logo and contact details to be displayed on all newsletter copies (regardless of their recipients).
Personalization is a process that reflects the recipient’s data. It is performed on Objects and Variables that are included in the dynamic document. These dynamic objects are automatically populated with recipient-specific values, which are unique to each dynamic document instance. For example, a customer may personalize a dynamic newsletter by uploading a Recipient List that contains the first and last name, address, etc. for each recipient.
Unlike static documents, dynamic documents can only be created using XMPie, PDF Blocks or TSVG.
Associate
Associate products are used when a static product has different variations or versions. This allows the user to choose the colour and other options.
Estimate
Estimate products are used when customers want to get pricing for the products they are uploading. Estimate products display pricing for each service requested by the customers.
Form
Forms products are used to customize products and to collect extra data from customers. Forms products allow producers to create customized fields and can associate those fields with pricing.
Proof
Proofs are used when a proof of a job is required prior to ordering.
Public Product
A Public Product is a combination of PRINT and Added Services.
There are two major types of print in the application:
1.By Page Print (Standard: Letter, Legal, Custom Sizes….)
2.By Area Print (Wide Format)
Upload
Upload products are used when a file is uploaded with the product.
Quote
Quote products are used to allow Users to customize products and to send extra data to Producers Allowing Producers to provide a quote back to the Users. Users can then accept the quote and order.
XMPie
Go ePower uses XMPie technology for some of its variable documents. In order for XMPie to be active in Go ePower you must have a software license from XMPie.
PDFLib Blocks
PDFlib supports a template-driven PDF workflow for variable data processing. Using the concept of blocks, imported pages can be populated with variable amounts of single- or multi-line text, images, or PDF graphics which can be pulled from an external source. This can be used to easily implement applications which require customized PDF documents.
TSVG
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a family of specifications of an XML-based file format for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and dynamic (i.e. interactive or animated).
The SVG specification is an open standard that has been under development by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) since 1999.
SVG images and their behaviours are defined in XML text files. This means that they can be searched, indexed, scripted and, if required, compressed. Since they are XML files, SVG images can be created and edited with any text editor, but specialized SVG-based drawing programs are also available