Near-line finishing means that the finisher is not directly connected to the printer, but there is still some degree of communication between the two. In this case, when a job is printed, also a ticket is sent to the nearby finisher to prepare the finishing actions.
PRISMAprepare offers support for to two types of near-line finishing devices:
Ultimate Bindery
Duplo
Ultimate Bindery
Ultimate Bindery is a product of Ultimate TechnoGraphics. It is used to submit finishing instructions to near-line finishers. You can request Ultimate Bindery for a trail period of 60 days:
http://imposition.com/en-us/Contact-Us/UB-Demo-Request-Canon-Oce
When you submit a print job, PRISMAprepare uses all settings of the print dialogue to generate the JDF finishing ticket for the print job. PRISMAprepare submits the ticket to Ultimate Bindery. When the job is printed, the operator manually transports the printed pages to the finisher. Then, the operator selects the JDF finishing ticket in Ultimate Bindery to finish the job.
NOTE
Only Ultimate Bindery receives the finishing instructions. Any finisher attached to the printer is not used to finish the job.
Additional scenarios are:
You can create and submit the finishing ticket to Ultimate Bindery before you print the job. Ultimate Bindery checks if the finishing ticket fits the various requirements and constraints of the particular finisher.
You can create a new finishing ticket for an already printed job without reprinting the job.
Duplo
DDC-810 is a finishing device, manufactured by Duplo. The Digital Spot UV Coater receives from PRISMAprepare an additional .PDF, called "varnishing PDF", containing the layers which need to be covered with a shiny coating.
When you submit a print job, PRISMAprepare uses all settings of the print dialogue to generate the JDF finishing ticket for the print job. PRISMAprepare submits the ticket to the Duplo varnisher.
Click [Tools] - [Near-line finishing].
2. Click [Add]
Select the type of near-line finishing device:
UB for Ultimate Bindery
Type in a name for the near-line finishing device.
Type the web address of the Ultimate Bindery server in option [URL] and enable the connection.
Click [Add] to create a finishing flow. A finishing flow is the workflow for the concerning finisher.
Browse to the hot folder that receives the JDF finishing ticket from PRISMAprepare. The hot folder for each finisher must be unique.
You can consider to create a hot folder in "Users\Public". The Public folder can be used for sharing files with other computers on your network. If you choose to share this folder, other computers can access its contents. This can be useful especially when sharing files with non-Microsoft operating systems.
You can add one or more web sites to the finishing flow. Right-click a finishing flow in the print window to open its context menu. The context menu contains the links to the web sites that are added for the concerning finisher, e.g. specifications or help files.
Click [Close].
Click [Tools] - [Near-line finishing].
2. Click [Add]
Select the type of near-line finishing device:
DDC810 for Duplo
Type in a name for the near-line finishing device.
Enable the QR code generation.
Type the web address of the Duplo server in option [URL] and enable the connection.
Click [Add] to create a finishing flow. A finishing flow is the workflow for the concerning finisher.
Browse to the hot folder that receives the JDF finishing ticket from PRISMAprepare. The hot folder for each finisher must be unique.
Click [Close].
Click [Tools] - [Near-line finishing].
Click a row in the table of devices to select a device or a finishing flow.
Use the check-box prefixing the name to enable or disable.
Edit the name of the device.
Click the X to delete the device.
Use the same procedure to edit or delete the finishing flows.