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DesignMerge Copy Blocks
| Description—brief (101 words) |
The DesignMerge® Pro Bundle is an award-winning suite of XTensions for QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign that provide sophisticated mail-merge, variable data printing, and data publishing features. The product works with any QuarkXPress or InDesign document, allowing the user to create pre-defined “placeholders”, which are designated to receive variable data. DesignMerge can import text, picture, or article information from practically any data source, and merge that information directly into document layouts to produce unique, personalized output. DesignMerge can output to any PostScript printer, and provides optional print driver modules for high-end digital presses, including PPML and Xerox VIPP. |
| Description —with CopyFit, GroupPicture, & Rules (160 words) |
The DesignMerge® Pro Bundle is an award-winning suite of software for QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign that provide sophisticated mail-merge, variable data printing, and data publishing features. The product is menu-driven, and works with any QuarkXPress or InDesign document, allowing the user to create pre-defined “placeholders”, which are designated to receive variable data. DesignMerge can import text, picture, or article information from practically any data source, and merge that information into QuarkXPress or InDesign layouts to produce unique, personalized output. DesignMerge can output to any PostScript printer and includes built-in image caching for incredibly fast output. In addition, we provide a number of optional print driver modules for high-end digital presses, including PPML and Xerox VIPP. The Pro Bundle also includes our CopyFit™ software, which provides advanced on-the-fly copyfitting capability, GroupPicture™ software, which provides support for fully-variable layout elements, and the Rules Module, which can be used to construct sophisticated conditional logic (if/then/else) statements. |
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Selling Features—bullet pts (154 words) |
Template design and merging uses QuarkXPress
or Adobe InDesign - no special layout required Supports hundreds of variable text, article, and picture links per document Automated "Quick Setup" feature to streamline database configuration Simple, intuitive, menu-driven user-interface Built-in translation table support Easy-to-use step-and-repeat capability for multiple-up layouts Provides advanced conditional logic (if/then/else) programming capabilities Supports bar coding and consecutive numbering applications Provides on-the-fly copyfitting of overset (or underset) text containers Ability to merge fully-variable layouts based on database content Advanced preview, preflight and testing features, including longest and shortest line tests Imports any text or picture file format supported by QuarkXPress or InDesign (or third-party import filter) All setup information travels with the document, allowing them to be shared by other users Outputs to any PostScript printer. Also emits EPS and document file formats Optional printer drivers include PPML, Xerox VIPP, and Xeikon BTF Available for Mac or Windows Includes a 200+ page printed manual and tutorial |
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Customer Benefits—bullet pts. (68 words) |
Allows personalized, one-to-one documents
to be created quickly and easily Works with the popular page layout programs, QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign, which minimizes setup and training Can be used as a data population tool - merging information into layouts that will be printed conventionally, or converted to PDF QuarkXPress or InDesign handles all reflow and output, which ensures consistent, predictable quality Outputs to any Postscript or PPML-compliant printer. |
| Applications | Anything Personalized, including: Direct Mail, Postcards, Newsletters, Business Cards, Brochures, Coupons, Tags & Labels, Raffle Tickets, Consecutive Numbering, Financial Statements & Prospectus, Name Badges, Invitations, Custom Catalogs |
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Markets (47 words) |
The target markets for DesignMerge® are companies involved in variable data printing, or database publishing, in general. Such companies include the following examples: Digital Printing (personalized, printed output); Catalog (custom catalog production); Financial (updated and/or personalized financial publications); Marketing (agencies or other organizations with in-house printing facilities) |