Océ PRISMAprepare

Perfection made easy

All-in-one document

preparation software

for preprint perfection • Open market standard PDF workflow

• Productive by design

• Colorful documents at black & white prices

• Prepare once. Print anywhere

Perfection made easy

2 Océ PRISMAprepare All-in-one document preparation software for preprint perfection

Océ PRISMAprepare is a document preparation software application which unleashes the power of any production printing system. Based on Adobe PDF® technology, this device-independent software allows users to produce color or black & white on Océ and non-Océ cutsheet production printers.

Providing a new standard in document preparation, Océ PRISMAprepare has been designed to tap into the full production power of printers such as the Océ VarioPrint 6000 Se- ries, the Océ VarioPrint 4000 Series, the Océ CPS family and Océ CS 600 Series. Océ PRISMAprepare is a key component of Océ’s industry-leading PRISMA suite. The user interface, designed to complement the operator’s skill, won the 2006 iF Communication Design award and the NN-award as one of the top 10 best designed applications of 2008. 3 Open market standard PDF workflow Composition makeready Océ PRISMAprepare offers three ways to add value to PDF Collect and combine PDF documents from various sources – documents: digital and analog – into one compound document, • Firstly, the simple and easy way. Use this software directly consisting of multiple sections. Providing easy navigation to for your basic and most frequent tasks accelerate flawless makeready by advanced subset handling. • Secondly, for more advanced and exceptional tasks, use integrated Adobe Acrobat Professional and your Image makeready favourite plug-ins Correct and clean up imperfections of scanned and digital • Or choose the expert touch. Connect to PDF-enabled Color and Black & White documents: stand-alone programs from Océ and third parties • Align margins and scale content to give all pages the same appearance Move easily back and forth across these three modes, • Erase areas to mask out staples, punch holes or preserving Océ PRISMAprepare settings. page content • Deskew and despeckle to clean up digital and scanned Productive by design documents Key functions of Océ PRISMAprepare: • Split two-up scans for efficient handling of scanned books • Composition makeready: Collect PDF sections from digital and analogue sources The stack view allows instant multiple page processing. • Image makeready: This unique Océ capability guarantees 100% document Correct and clean up imperfections integrity. • Layout makeready: Determine the final layout of the document • Media makeready: Assign media to pages and sections • Production makeready: Optimize productivity, choose the right production and finishing device

4 Layout makeready Media makeready Determine the final layout of the document with just a few Assign media to pages, sections or document: mouse clicks: • From a device-independent media catalogue • Prepare booklets. With a single button a book is created, • Based on the final customer requirements the width of the editable spine caption is calculated and • Independent of the production process the creep compensation is automatically calculated based on the media used. Océ PRISMAprepare ensures that you print exactly what • Prepare manuals. Easy tab caption editing with double- you want: sided tabs enabling 3 lines of text. Automatic tab caption • Activate the smart choice. First, this software uniquely creation by means of section filenames, bookmarks or defines all media types in terms of media attributes: size, textfiles weight, color, etc • Prepare multi folded documents. Fold lines are shown in a • Work faster. Simply predefine media, and select from the WYSIWYG view so image positioning matches fold Océ PRISMAprepare media catalogue requirements. • Work confidently. The media specified for your PDF • Other Finishing options such as hole punch or stapling are document is independent of any catalogue in your software clearly visible including the size spacing and positioning and printer • Force pages to front or back, select pages to be 1 or 2-sided • Add separation sheets • Shift binding margin • Add page numbers

All this is complemented by on-screen previewing and the impressive facing pages interface , which makes hardcopy proofing obsolete even with the most complex documents.

5 Merge

Color prints

Split

Color prints

Merge

Production makeready Colorful documents at black & white Optimize productivity with same-up imposing and trim prices marks addition. Route to the right production device, Work faster and save money: including automated color split, merge and finishing support. • For documents with just a few color pages, first print color Océ PRISMAprepare has divided the impositioning process pages on a color printer, then insert these and print the into a number of independent settings. This enables you to document on a black & white production printer achieve what you want: • Use the advanced color mark to recognize color on a • For booklets, Océ PRISMAprepare works with selected areas of pages ensuring only selected pages are the necessary media constraints – and compensates for printed in color creeping based on media thickness • Override automated color selections as needed • For fullbleed documents and custom sizes, • Confidently split and merge jobs faster. This software Océ PRISMAprepare generates trim marks for you prepares the output stack in such a way that you can • The same goes for two-up and as many-up, and Océ quickly and reliably merge the job. Then place in the black PRISMAprepare can automate the calculations. Plus you & white production printer. And print. To complete orders can decide on same-up and custom size handling at the last faster minute, and select the most cost-effective and best performing printer available at that time Prepare once. Print anywhere Océ PRISMAprepare keeps the PDF file printer independent. It supports both Océ and non-Océ printers, securing your investments. From start to finish, you can unleash the full power of your production operation with Océ PRISMAprepare.

6 Océ PRISMAprepare V4.3 System requirements

Software requirements Hard disk Operating system •  >= 80 GB •  Windows 2003 SP2, R2 + SP2, Standard and •  Preferably RAID-0 (striping) Enterprise edition Video • Windows 2008 Server SP1, SP2 >= 1280 › 1024, True Colors (24/32 bit) •  Windows XP Professional SP2 and SP3 Screen • Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, Ultimate SP1, SP2 >= 19" Flatscreen, preferably wide screen • Language support for English (US), English (UK), Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Supported printers Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Océ VP Series Simplified Chinese, Russian and Japanese •  Océ VarioPrint 6140, 6160, 6200, 6250 • Only support for 32 bit Operating Systems • Océ VarioPrint 4110, 4120 Windows components •  Océ VarioPrint 2090, 2100, 1105, 2110 • .Net Framework v3.5 •  Océ VarioPrint 2050, 2060, 2070 • Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0 •  Océ VarioPrint 2062, 2075 • Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0 when running •  Océ VarioPrint 1055, 1065, 1075 on Windows XP SP2 •  Océ VarioPrint 2105 •  Print Services for Unix •  Océ VarioPrint 5000 advanced Adobe Océ CPS Series •  Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.6 or higher •  Océ CPS700/800/900 Platinum • Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1.2 or higher Océ CS Series • Océ CS550, 620 , 650, 655, 665 Pro •  NTFS, >= 80GB free space •  Océ CS163, 170, 173, 180, 193, 220, 230 Network •  Océ CS231, 240, 250, 520 •  TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6) Océ VL Series •  100/1000Mbit/s • Océ VarioLink 6522c, 5522c Document requirements Others •  PDF files up to 2000 pages •  Océ CM4520 •  PDF page size 5–1500 mm •  Océ IM 6020, 7520, 9220 Other •  Océ PRISMAproduction Latest Windows Updates •  Océ 31x5 •  Océ DPS 400 Typical hardware requirements •  Xerox DocuTech 6135/80 Processor •  Xerox Nuvera 100/120 •  Performance >= Intel Pentium Dual Core 3.0 GHz An Intel equivalent (like AMD) or VMware GX server that Other PostScript printers can be supported on request conforms to this performance demand can also be used. No restrictions concerning 32 bits/64 bits hardware Memory •  For Océ PRISMAprepare stand-alone: >= 2 Gb •  For a combined installation of Océ PRISMAprepare and Océ PRISMAaccess on one server or when installed on a VMware server: 4 Gb

7 Beyond the Ordinary

Printing for Professionals

Océ helps the who make our world. Companies everywhere use Océ technical documentation systems in manufacturing, architecture, engineering and construction. Each week, high speed Océ printing systems produce millions of transaction documents such as bank statements and utility bills. And in offices around the world, people use Océ professional document systems to keep the wheels of business and government turning. Océ is also at work in publishing on demand, newspaper production, Application Design Annual 2008 document management outsourcing and wide format

Year's 10 Best Application UIs colour for spectacular display graphics. It all helps

our professional customers go ‘Beyond the Ordinary’ Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder and J.M. Berger in printing and document management.

August 2008

Application Golden Medal 2009, Design Award 2008 Poznan International Fair (Europe)

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