Validate the [VDP] data

Configure the rules used to validate and preflight the [VDP] data

The [Validate VDP] operation checks if any rules are violated in the variable data document. This operation uses a number of rules specific for VDP data in combination with a number of preflight rules. The following rules, which are specific for VDP data, are always used. These rules cannot be configured:

• [The data source contains one or more incompatible field types and/or required fields are missing.]

• [The image folder is invalid or cannot be accessed.]

• [The field type or field format is invalid.]

• [The frame is too small to contain all text.]

  [The frame is too small to contain the image.]

• [A font is invalid.]

• [The text contains one or more non-printable characters.]

In addition, a number of preflight rules can be used to validate the VDP data. You can enable or disable these rules in the [Preflight] dialog. When automatic preflight is enabled, the configured rules for automatic preflight are used. When automatic preflight is disabled, the configured rules for manual preflight are used.

1. Open the [Configuration] workspace.

2. Click [Order processing] - [Preflight] to configure the manual preflight rules.

   Click: [Web store] - [Preflight] to configure the automatic preflight rules.

3. You can use the following preflight rules to validate the VDP data:

   • [Content too close to border rule]

     This rule is used to check if frames are too close to the page border.

   • [Image compression is too high rule]

   • [Image resolution is too high rule]

     The preflight operation can fix the violations detected by this rule.

   • [Image resolution is too low rule]

   • [Hairline rule]

     This rule is used to check the line weight of the frame borders. The preflight operation can fix the violations detected by this rule.

4. Click [OK]

Validate the [VDP] data

The [Validate VDP] operation checks if any rules are violated in the variable data document. Only the selected rows of the data source are validated. The [Validate VDP] operation cannot fix most of the detected violations. It is recommended that you fix these problems manually before you print the job.

1. Click [Validate VDP].

   A [VDP validation report] report is generated. The report shows the problems that have been found.

2. The [Validate VDP] operation cannot fix most of the detected violations. It is recommended that you fix these problems manually before you print the job.