DSF & Barcoding Sales Summit – October 2015

3 Agenda Why use barcodes Basics & further reading Features & options Case study Workflow demonstration – For screenshots see end of this presentation Hardware demonstration

MRC Resources 4 By Product

MRC Resources By System 5

PTC Resources Manuals Bulletins & updates PC Controller 6

Resources for the war chest Speed charts Paper flow examples Worked examples Manuals for sales people Sample data report files Case Studies Brochures, demo jobs… Questionnaire to narrow the options 7

Why code jobs Degrees of security 1.Sheet count only (double & miss-feed) 2.OMR + variable sheet count 3.OMR + fixed sheet count 4.Barcode : fixed sheet count + uncoded cover 5.Barcode : fixed sheet count 6.Barcode : unique and fully variable content Coding gives increased confidence the finished job is right: Right orientation (Left>Right, Face up>Face down) Right number of sheets Reduced manual checking required Faster turnaround of work Less errors and reprints Loss of customer confidence risks losing more work Massive fines for not controlling personal data (2-5% of turnover) 8

9 Main applications Personalised, high value documents, MUST be correct – Financial investment reports – Pension schemes – Application forms – Cruise information guide (with self-adhesive tickets) – Barcoding, especially 2D – Variable number of sheets book-to-book – Barcode at exit allows audit reporting Proof of production for customer Job tracking Regulatory compliance Ease & improve accuracy of creating the reprint queue

Think of it like your ability to read any other symbolic or pictorial alphabet – Japanese / Hebrew / Arabic 二ほん日本ヂュプロ Ni ho n Ni HonDyu pu ro Pattern of interlocking wide and narrow bars, “black” & “white” What is a bar code?

Quiet zone Data field Check digit Start & stop character – Code 39 = * Code elements

Codes supported by Duplo – Interleaved 2of5 – Code 3of9 / code 39 – code 128 – Code 93 – NW-7 (Codabar) – EAN – Datamatrix – QR / PDF417 – (not ISBN / UPC) Code formats

Raster scanner

CCD reader

15 Getting the data down on the paper … 15

16 Workflow steps Report Finish Print RIP Connect Impose Web (e-enablement) Create “Touch points” are many more!

17 Range of Solutions Features & complexity/cost of integration Relative cost Templating Watermarks in Acrobat ‘On RIP’ - Creo ‘On RIP’ – Efi (some features in development) Imposition - YTD Imposition Ultimate ‘On Demand Digital’ JDF Integration Barcodes via VDP Application (XMPie, GMC PrintNet, DOC1,…) Barcodes via Workflow Software (e.g. Océ Prisma) Page Layout VDP Plug-In Fundamentals

18 ‘On RIP’ e.g. Creo for DSF-5000 Inverter always ON so does not appear REGister mark (for SCC) removed variable barcode – 1D or Datamatrix 2D now available Positioning OMR (added 2010)

Building a barcode in a VDP programme uses the same principles as Mailmerge in MS WORD 19 Variable data barcodes Mr. John Smith 1, Anyroad Anytown AA1234

Example VDP Application Workflow Personalised pages Fixed forms Selected market reports Info sheets VDP Customer data Market data IMPOSE & CODE

21 Many options, different flavours …

DSF-2000 Barcode reading only supported at feeders but also had sheet inverter option 22 Face UP Face DOWN

DSF iSaddle Read in and out 23 A

DSF iSaddle Read in and out (from below) Allows more flexibility with design of job 24 A

Speed comparison to DSF

DSF-6000 Main feeder Cover Feeder 1 & 2 Delivery stacker 26

DSF iSaddle (read at exit not yet available) 27

600Pro Digital Booklet System (System not tested yet) 28

PC settings Barcode Feed Check : USE THIS Barcode Read Only : no useful purpose

* AAAA…* 5 elements : Dynamic commands (tray selection command) Set identity (4 to …characters) Sheet number (n>1 or 1>n) Total number of sheets in set Free text area 30 Duplo code elements

(1) (2) (3) (4) (cover) 3 sheets in lower tray + un-coded offset cover in upper tray All sets are identical (i.e. simple brochure application) Cover feed uses normal double & miss detection sensors Simplest format, easy to programme Feed check type 1 or type 2 (compatible with previous systems) 31 Non-matching cover (Feed check 1)

DSF-6000 Function ID Paper feed tray switching code 00: Next from same tray 01: Switch back to main feeder, & check code matches 02: Not used 03: Switch to CFL #1, & check code matches 04: Switch to CFL #2, no code check 99: Next sheet has no code 32

DSF-2200 Function ID Paper feed tray switching code 00: Next from same tray 01: Switch back to main feeder, no code check 02: Next sheet has no code 33

150/350Cr Digital System No Function ID 34

35 In summary … The widest range of equipment solutions – 3 x feeders / 4 x booklet makers / ASM / SCC / DKT Functionality to suit application and budget – Questionnaire / workflow / worked examples Proven track record since 2001 Wide range of installations across many different market sectors – Case studies / customer reference sites Systems to complement high value/high profit applications

37 Screenshots from demonstration of example imposition programme

1. VDP application personalises relevant pages and assembles complete set of pages required 38

2. VDP (or other workflow application) combines separate pages into one file and places into folder #2 39

3. Workflow application moves PDF files into target folder This target folder is a “hot folder” created by the imposition programme 40

4. When the imposition programme sees that files have been deposited in it, they are automatically processed according to the parameters set in the programme Make to saddle stitched format Duplex A4 sheet size in SRA3 sheet size out Layout to be used 41

5. Barcode constructed according to parameters set in application Code format Code sequence Size of code Human readable text Quiet zone 42

6. Same options for 1D format barcode Size of code includes width of narrow bar and ratio of wide:narrow (from manual, specification is typically minimum 0.25mm) 43

7. The location of each code is set in the application Front side Location on sheet 44

8. The imposed job is output as a finished file. Only one template was created, the application automatically handles files with different number of pages to this template. 45

Finished job submitted for print… 46

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