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Which DesignMerge print format should I use for best performance?

This article discusses how to select the best DesignMerge VDP print format to use for a particular job. The article provides specific recommendations to achieve the best possible performance (both on the desktop, and at the press) based on the type o...

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DesignMerge PDF/VT Settings for Best Performance and PDF/VT Compliance

This article describes the optimal settings for DesignMerge PDF/VT output that will yield the best possible performance for your variable data jobs. The article includes a training video that discusses how to first preflight your job to search for ex...

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How to create individual, personalized PDF files with unique names

Each of the DesignMerge print drivers, including the PDF driver, includes a feature called Page Sets per Job. The feature can be used to create individual PDF files, one for each record of the data file. This feature also allows you to specify the nu...

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PDF Crop and Transparent Background preferences

This article applies only to DesignMerge variable data jobs that are merging PDF files into variable picture links. InDesign applies two PDF import options when placing a PDF file in a picture frame, and DesignMerge also applies these PDF import opti...

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Breaking up a VDP Job (the Page Sets per Job feature)

Each of the DesignMerge print drivers includes a feature called Page Sets per Job. This feature allows you to specify the number of pages of VDP output to produce before sending the job to the press. We also refer to this process as Chunking the Job....

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Controlling DesignMerge paper tray pulls and finishing options using PostScript

This document describes how to embed PostScript commands into a DesignMerge variable data merge session to control paper tray pulls and other finishing options. DesignMerge offers a feature that allows you to inject PostScript code into PostScript ou...

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DesignMerge output omits pages due to overset error

By default, a DesignMerge print driver will omit a record's pages if a variable text frame oversets when the record is merged into the document. The session's Report will list the records that encountered an overset error. For example, here is a copy...

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How to include printer settings for DesignMerge print output

It is not possible to include printer settings in DesignMerge PDF, PPML, or VPS output because these formats do not support this. DesignMerge applies the InDesign Export PDF process when producing PDF and the InDesign Export EPS process when producin...

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Print error when trying to create DesignMerge PostScript? Select a PostScript PPD.

When you choose to create DesignMerge PostScript output, DesignMerge will display the InDesign Print dialog to allow you to select PostScript options for the output. One of these options is which PPD (PostScript Print Driver) to apply. To avoid unexp...

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DesignMerge is merging unexpected records from the data file

DesignMerge may merge unexpected records if the data file is not in a plain delimited text file format, if there are empty lines in the data file, if the document's DDF does not have appropriate settings, if variable links are not assigned to appropr...

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How to specify the number of copies to print for a VDP job

This article describes two built-in features of DesignMerge software that allow for printing of duplicate copies of a record during a VDP merge session. Options are provided below for 1-up or multi-up documents where the quantity for each record is p...

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DesignMerge is producing an unexpected number of pages

This article provides instructions to help you determine why DesignMerge Pro is producing an unexpected number of pages when merging data into a document.  MORE PAGES THAN EXPECTED If DesignMerge is producing more pages than expected, check the follo...

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Digital printer is not imposing DesignMerge output correctly

First, confirm you have selected the appropriate Paper Size when you started the DesignMerge print driver merge session. Additionally, for PostScript Driver output, confirm you have selected a specific paper size; do not select Defined by Driver (see...

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DesignMerge PostScript output is not printing at the correct paper size

The paper size of DesignMerge PostScript output is determined by the Paper Size setting that you select on the InDesign Print dialog, which is displayed before the DesignMerge PostScript session begins. Select a specific paper size. Do not select Def...

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How large of an output file can a DesignMerge Print Driver produce

Recent versions of the DesignMerge software do not restrict the size of a DesignMerge print driver output file. However, you will encounter an error if the size exceeds the limitations of the operating system where you are running DesignMerge or if ...

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Text did not wrap in DesignMerge PPML or Creo VPS output

The DesignMerge PPML and Creo VPS print drivers automatically optimize a document's content, and this optimization may interfere with a text wrap when the wrapping items are dissimilar. To retain text wrap between dissimilar items in PPML and Creo VP...

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PDF Driver Screen Shot

https://www.meadowsps.com/documentation/images/PDF-Driver-Doc-001.jpg Screen shot image below:

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DesignMerge Print Driver merge session fails or quits unexpectedly

If a DesignMerge Print Driver merge session (for example, Create PDF/VT or Create PostScript) fails or quits unexpectedly without displaying any helpful alerts, take the following steps to determine why this is happening:    Step 1) Reset InDesign Pr...

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