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: Optios Imagig Optimized Output Commiglig Performace Packs Clusterig Eterprise Output (AFP/IPDS) Load Balace (Batch Pritig) Workflow Iput (Data Mappig) * * * *See detailed Overview Optio Icluded OL

1 : Optios Imagig Optimized Output Commiglig Performace Packs Clusterig Eterprise Output (AFP/IPDS) Load Balace (Batch Pritig) Workflow Iput (Data Mappig) * * * *See detailed Overview Optio Icluded OL Coect Optios OL Coect is a techology available i three product variatios PritShop Mail Coect, PlaetPress Coect ad PReS Coect. This documet is iteded to help uderstad the optios ad features available for each solutio. Some optios are icluded as stadard, others ca be purchased separately. I some cases, a product upgrade may be required. Upgradig from oe product is possible ad templates compatibility, subject to supported features, is assured. objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

2 : Optios Imagig Imagig is a additioal optio that allows you to create PDFs, TIFFs, ad JPEGs for archivig purposes. Each file is dyamically idexed usig key data, which meas you ca fid documets easily. Whe output is created, a dyamic folder ca be geerated by usig variables, icludig date ad time. I the evet that you do ot have a Documet Maagemet System (DMS), Imagig allows you to easily fid your documets usig File Explorer. PritShop Mail Coect PlaetPress Coect PReS Coect Imagig supports several PDF job optios. It allows you to easily create differet types of PDFs (PDF/A, PDF/X ad PDF/VT) while givig you the ability to set specific optios depedig o what you wish to do with the file (smaller file size, security, dyamic cotrol, metadata embeddig, etc.). Iformatio ca be dyamically embedded ito the PDF, allowig it to be viewed i PDF readers. You ca also dyamically cotrol security with multiple levels of permissio, allowig attributes such as : cotet copyig, pritig, form fillig, password ecryptio, etc. PlaetPress Search is icluded as a basic Documet Maagemet System, allowig you to search idex data directly. Above all, PlaetPress Imagig ca specifically prepare documets for your DMS. META PDF/A, PDF/X, PDF/VT archivig purposes, metadata ecryptio, security features Batch of documets PDF META High quality ad itegrity of documets ad metadata JPG META TIFF Medium quality ad itegrity of documets META Low quality ad itegrity of documets Example: Thaks to Imagig s advaced archivig capabilities, customer service teams ca easily search for documets if a cliet has a problem with a specific order. The reductio i time spet fidig cliets documets meas the same resources ca be used to aswer a higher volume of customer service iquiries. objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

3 : Optios Optimized Output Optimized Output provides real beefits whe pritig documets i batches. It allows you to speed up your pritig processes by creatig smaller files. Istead of havig resources (such as the logo, fots, etc.) stored multiple times i a documet, Optimized Output creates ad reuses a sigle copy of the resources for a batch of documets. This makes the file smaller ad faster for trasfer ad pritig. PritShop Mail Coect PlaetPress Coect PReS Coect Although there are differet pritig formats ad priter types, Coect techology ca support the majority of them i optimized mode icludig PostScript, AFP,* PDF, PCL, PPML, VPS, IPDS.* *Not available with PlaetPress Coect WITHOUT OPTIMIZED OUTPUT Documet resources are icluded i every documet, makig the batch very heavy ad slow to prit WITH OPTIMIZED OUTPUT 1x Documet resources are icluded i the batch oly oce, makig it smaller ad more efficiet to prit Example: A compay prits a batch of documets with the compay logo o each oe of them. If the output is ot optimized, graphical elemets, such as the logo or fot, will be icluded i each documet. This makes the prit file very large, takig up more disk space ad usig more etwork badwidth whe set to the priter. The priter will be less efficiet i hadlig larger prit jobs, which may result i those jobs havig to be regeerated from scratch i smaller batches. If the output is optimized, those repeated graphical elemets ca be marked as reusable, ad used oly oce for a whole batch. As a result, the file size is dramatically decreased, usig less disk space ad less etwork badwidth. The priter is more likely to be able to process the complete batch, thereby ehacig the priter s efficiecy. objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

4 : Optios Commiglig The commiglig optio is useful to ay compay that has to match differet documets from various systems ad the sed them either by mail or i a digital format. Coect has the ability to use customer data as tags, which ca be set ad stored across multiple jobs received at differet times ad i differet formats. These tags ca the be used to retrieve matchig documets i the correct order. Oce they are put together, the documets ca be distributed efficietly. The commiglig fuctio ca be fully automated withi the OL Coect workflow module. PritShop Mail Coect PlaetPress Coect PReS Coect This elimiates time spet maually sortig ad matchig importat documets, eablig a more efficiet ad productive eviromet for your busiess. Batch of ivoices Istead of sedig 10 documets i 10 evelopes, commiglig allows you to combie the letter ad the ivoice ito 5 evelopes, thereby reducig postal costs Batch of letters Example: Take the example of a compay i a batch productio eviromet, such as the accoutig departmet of a legal firm. The firm eeds to prit out 1000 letters ad 700 ivoices, ad wats to combie them together. They ow have two choices: to choose their origial method of maually matchig the documets or to automate this process with the use of commiglig. Matchig documets maually is time cosumig ad costly for a busiess. Employees use their workig day to complete the task whe their time could be better spet o other importat tasks. That is why may compaies outsource the matchig process through a third party agecy, which is costly to the busiess. By usig commiglig, compaies will save time, moey ad take back cotrol of their most critical busiess processes. objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

5 : Optios Performace Packs Performace Packs ca be purchased as a optio whe a higher output speed is required. Depedig o the product, a Performace Pack icreases the maximum output speed ad/or the umber of jobs that ca be processed i parallel. Performace Packs allow orgaizatios to scale output performace to process a higher demad whe eeded. This meas you oly eed to buy a Performace Pack whe your busiess eeds more speed. PritShop Mail Coect PlaetPress Coect PReS Coect Performace Packs ca be used i a umber of differet cofiguratios to optimize ad maximize the speed of almost ay job. To maximize the beefit from Performace Packs, it is importat that you have eough computig power to geerate sufficiet cotet to keep up with the maximum output speed. Note: Performace Packs for PReS Coect are ormally istalled o Clustered Servers. Cotet Creatio* Cotet Creatio* WITHOUT PERFORMANCE PACK Time Output Time Output WITH PERFORMANCE PACK *Fial performace depeds o the computer system used ad the complexity of the job. Example: Imagie a compay that eeds to process a large batch of documets right away. They have eough computig power, but their prit file productio is beig limited by the speed of your curret prit process. By addig a Performace Pack, they will be able to icrease their prit file productio speed. objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

6 : Optios Performace Pack (Clusterig) Clusterig allows multiple machies to work together to produce output. Usig more machies is ofte easier tha tryig to buy better hardware. Whe usig Clusterig, the load is automatically distributed over multiple servers. PritShop Mail Coect PlaetPress Coect PReS Coect Each Performace Pack for PReS Coect allows you to add aother server to your cluster to provide scalability with accessible hardware. By special request, PReS Coect Performace Packs ca be istalled o a sigle server. However, that server would eed to be sigificatly more powerful to beefit from the total performace capacity. Desiged template A server dispatches the job to multiple egies for quicker processig Example: Take the example of a prit service provider facig a sigificat icrease i prit jobs. The compay already had a lack of computer power last year, so it bought two more computers to meet the demad. Thaks to clusterig, they were able to process the prit jobs with the combied power of their three computers for higher output productio. objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

7 : Optios Eterprise Output (AFP/IPDS) OL Coect ca support optimized output formats (AFP ad IPDS) for those lookig to maximize cotrol over their prit productio. IPDS stads for Itelliget Prit Data Stream. It is a bidirectioal commuicatio protocol where the software kows the status of the pages set to the priter, makig it importat for high volume productio priters. PritShop Mail Coect PlaetPress Coect PReS Coect AFP stads for Advaced Fuctio Presetatio. It is a techology that allows documets to be redered reliably o ay device because ay missig resources ca be requested ad delivered automatically. It is primarily used i large eterprises isurace, bakig ad other missio critical idustries that eed to have reliable reproductio across their prit ad viewig eviromets, alog with page-level itegrity i the productio eviromet. AFP supports other idustry-stadard data formats usig the cocept of object cotaiers; examples are TIFF, GIF, JPEG (JFIF), EPS ad PDF. These cotaier objects ca be mixed o a AFP page with ative AFP objects such as BCOCA, AFP GOCA, IOCA ad PTOCA, alog with other resource objects such as ICC profiles for colour maagemet. OL CONNECT CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF AFP FUNCTIONALITIES, WHICH COMPRISE THE FOLLOWING DATA STREAM AND DATA OBJECT SUB-ARCHITECTURES: MO:DCA Mixed Object Documet Cotet Architecture; formerly referred to as AFPDS IPDS Itelliget Priter Data Stream Architecture AFP Lie Data AFP Lie Data Architecture BCOCA Bar Code Object Cotet Architecture * CMOCA Colour Maagemet Object Cotet Architecture FOCA Fot Object Cotet Architecture AFP GOCA Graphics Object Cotet Architecture for AFP IOCA Image Object Cotet Architecture * Barcodes are provided by the OL Coect barcode library. PTOCA Presetatio Text Object Cotet Architecture objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

8 : Optios Load Balace (Batch Pritig) Batch Pritig is typically eeded for prit services i large orgaizatios with a cetral productio eviromet, that eed to maage or prit a large volumes of pritig jobs from various documets sources ad departmets. PritShop Mail Coect PlaetPress Coect PReS Coect A group of separate documets might be icluded i a sigle prit job processed more efficietly for professioal productio. LARGE VOLUME GROUP OF SEPERATE DOCUMENTS Example: Larger prit jobs ca be split ito multiple batches to prit i parallel typically a Prit Services Provider that has multiple smaller priters istead of a high speed priter. This feature ca also be used to split a large documet stream ito groups of multiple smaller jobs to be produced at specific scheduled times or for specific eeds (e.g. group ito batches by postal code). objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

: Optios Workflow Process ad Commuicatio Automatio Workflow provides a graphical user iterface for the automatio of the processig, distributio ad pritig of all tasks related to busiess-critical

9 : Optios Workflow Process ad Commuicatio Automatio Workflow provides a graphical user iterface for the automatio of the processig, distributio ad pritig of all tasks related to busiess-critical documets. Workflow ca iteract seamlessly with your curret systems ad cuts dow o codig ad developmet by eablig automatio capabilities that are lackig i busiess documet creatio applicatios. PritShop Mail Coect PlaetPress Coect PReS Coect Workflow s powerful techology makes it possible to capture data streams from almost ay source (raw data, s, PDFs, web forms, priter driver, etc.) to trigger ad execute may kids of busiess processes based o the iformatio foud. Busiess documets ca automatically be geerated, distributed via ay chael ad archived, while allowig sigificat customer commuicatio improvemets. Captured iformatio ca be processed ad set aywhere required (to e-forms, e-docs, EDI, DMS, ECM, ERP systems). Automated tasks ca be liked to third-party applicatios ad are compatible with virtually ay host system. *Workflow optio for PritShop Mail Coect requires a licece upgrade. e-forms CAPTURE Olie Route, Approve, Workflow & Store DISTRIBUTE CONNECT Prit Data Almost from ay source Iteractive: trigger & process COMPOSE adata repository adatabase coversio adocumet iput apdf hadlig tools ametadata features anumerous data sources amultiple output optios aexteded scriptig capabilities ahttp Server/Cliet asoap coectivity abidirectioal commuicatios acluster pritig ajob splitter areprits aexteded loggig capabilities aulimited custom variables ust a licece upgrade for PSM, Desiger does t chage Example: Take the example of a local govermet authority pritig 1.2 millio documets a year. By usig workflow they ca automate certai prit rus to start at a specified time. That meas that they ca schedule a large prit ru, like Reveues ad Beefits, to begi at 4 a.m. so that whe they started their shift at 9 a.m., the prit ru is complete ad is beig set to the mailroom to begi its ext process. By usig Workflow, they ca maximize their daily prit output, allowig them to take o more ad hoc prit jobs from other orgaizatios i the commuity. objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

10 : Optios Iput (Data Mappig) OL Coect DataMapper is the missig lik betwee your data ad your customer commuicatios. It allows you to extract ad read almost ay kid of data regardless of where it comes from. You ca use data from multiple sources ad output it i a sigle format. The DataMapper maps ad extracts iformatio to create a Uified Data Model, which is made available whe desigig Coect documet templates for prit, , web ad mobile commuicatios. This meas your source data ca be used to provide data-drive automated customer commuicatio processes. Simplified wizard for Database, CSV, XML (flat) XML data mappig Text data mappig PDF/PS data mappig Icludig PDF/VT structure PCL data mappig AFP data mappig Optio Icluded For example, the DataMapper takes the PDF ivoice that outputs from a customer s system ad maps the relevat iformatio ito a data model. That model is the available to compose ay umber of documets or commuicatios, HTML ivoices, customer portals, ad eve better desiged ad ehaced prit ivoices. Oce the data is mapped ad the ivoice is composed, it is set out every moth, week, day, o-demad, forever or util the customer decides otherwise. objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

11 : Optios Backup licese (1/2) A backup licese* is a additioal licese** iteded for customers who wat to miimize dowtime risk for their critical busiess processes. PritShop Mail Coect PlaetPress Coect PReS Coect Durig dowtime, automated processes that are vital to your busiess are affected. I tur, you lose reveue ad data, ad damage ca be doe to your reputatio. There may eve be legal liabilities. As dowtime is uavoidable, you eed to focus o miimizig its duratio through a directly available backup system without havig to rely o exteral etities. A OL Coect backup licese ca be used i the evet of huma or cofiguratio error or hardware failure. As the mai licese is activated through a idividual magic umber (liked to the hardware it was origially istalled o), trasferrig the whole licese structure to aother device would be time-cosumig because it would require a ew licece registratio umber. By purchasig a backup licese, you ca be back olie withi miutes, regardless of the circumstaces. Be prepared with defied procedures ad set rules that esure adequate types of cofiguratio backups are made. The OL Coect Product ad Optio liceses are available as backup liceses, matchig i most cases the cofiguratio you have for productio. *Backup liceses are available for all products ad optios, except Pritshop Mail ad PritShop Mail Coect. **Mai software licese is eeded. NORMAL OPERATION BACKUP SERVER ENABLED (IP / Name replicated to autoredirect data) Backup Server Backup Server Eterprise Systems Replicate templates ad processes Eterprise Systems Data Output / Commuicatios Data Output / Commuicatios Server Server (Failed) objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

12 : Optios Backup licese (2/2) Challeges Cosequeces of dowtime: Resources are ot accessible, leadig to loss of reveue ad data, as well as damage to your reputatio ad possible legal liabilities. PritShop Mail Coect PlaetPress Coect PReS Coect Lost reveue: A small compay loses o average $8,580 per hour of dowtime; this average ca easily surpass over half a millio dollars/pouds for a large eterprise. Quality of service: Your customers are ot satisfied, you lack cotrol, ad your customer relatios ad compay image are egatively affected for the log term. Data loss: There is the potetial to lose trasactioal, fiacial or customer data. Beefits You ca cotiue to access your most importat resources. The customer experiece, customer relatios ad the compay s credibility remai itact. Ivestmets ad setups for critical processes ad commuicatio are ot lost. Legal risks are miimized. You ca be back i productio i miutes. Example: Take the example of a prit service provider with several big customers who outsource their ivoicig to that provider. Due to a hardware failure o the computer that hosts PlaetPress Coect to automate the pritig ad batchig of ivoices, the prit service provider eeds to iform the customers of a delay. Iteral processes come to a gridig halt, as may aspects of the busiess are impacted i a domio effect. O top of lost productivity, havig to iform the customer of a delay i service sigificatly affects the customer relatioship ad might lead to loss of busiess. With a backup licese ad proper testig ad backup, the compay ca switch to aother (virtual) machie i miutes. The iterruptio, which could have bee major, goes uoticed by customers. objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

13 L Coect Sed is a optio available for PlaetPress Coect ad PReS Coect ad xists i : Optios OL Coect Sed OL Coect Sed is a Widows priter driver that allows for the submissio of documets ad data by busiess users from ay Widows desktop applicatio over the Web. PritShop Mail Coect PlaetPress Coect PReS Coect The priter driver ca be used to create custom iteractive workflows at a cetralized locatio. With the licesed versio, a web page is requested ad displayed i the user s browser, where job-specific iformatio ca be etered. The iformatio from this web page tells OL Coect Workflow what to do ext. Key beefits Works with virtually ay Widows systems, such as ERPs, CRMs ad LOBs No eed for modificatios to existig busiess systems No chages i work habits, as users will keep pritig as usual OL Coect Sed is a optio available for PlaetPress Coect ad PReS Coect ad comes i two versios: Ulicesed Ca be used by ay user ad ay domai No usage limits Job compressio Free of charge Licesed versio has the followig additios: Iteractivity Job ad user iformatio Web-aware User validatio Click-charge or user mode OL Coect Sed OL Coect Sed (Licesed) Web-aware Compressio Bidirectioal commuicatio Iteractive Job ifo User validatio Example: OL Coect Sed ca be used withi the followig verticals ad applicatios: Ad hoc prit ad mail cosolidatio Desktop capture over the Iteret for remote workers, cetralized processig, pritig ad mail Virtual statioery ad mail cosolidatio EDI oboardig ad other e-trasactios (Peppol, Chorus, Zugferd) for outboud documets, such as ivoices objectiflue.com OL is a trademark of Objectif Lue Ic. All registered trademarks displayed are the property of their respective owers Objectif Lue Icorporated. All rights reserved.

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