Objectif Lune EnvelopeNow User Guide

User Guide

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Title PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW User Guide

Revision 2013-04-18

Table of Contents

Table of Contents 4

Overview 8

Contextual help 8

Icons used in this guide 8

System Requirements 8

Minimum Requirements 8

Recommended 9

Supported Operating Systems 9

Important Notes 9

Performance considerations 9

Configuration/Cover Page 10

Hardware Configuration Sheet 10

Getting Started 11

Overview 11

Package Contents 11

Installing PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW 11

Updating PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW 12

To install an update: 12

Opening the software 13

From your desktop: 13

From the Start menu: 13

Closing the software 13

Trial Period 13

Activation 13

To Activatethe software: 14

Table of Contents

The PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW Home Screen 15

Create a new project 17

Before you start 17

Select a configuration file and sample document 18

Hardware Configuration selection 18

Fold Type selection 18

Sample File 18

Identify the mail piece boundaries 18

Panning and zooming 18

Changing Pages 19

Define Boundaries 19

Variable number of pages 19

Fixed number of Pages 19

Condition Type 19

Paper type or orientation 19

Text somewhere on the page 20

Combining conditions 21

Creating a new condition 21

Deleting a condition 21

Navigating between conditions 21

Selecting how conditions are combined 21

Define 2-Sided Printing 21

1. Settings 21

2. Scan Mark Position 22

Scan Mark Selection 22

Project Information 23

Assigned Printer 23

Name 23

Table of Contents

Description 23

Finish Up 23

Modify an existing project 24

To modify an existing project: 24

To create a copy of an existing project 24

Print your job 25

Choose your input file 25

Choose the Project file. 25

Select an output printer 25

Click print. 26

Configuration 27

The Preferences screen 27

General 27

User Configuration 27

Automation 27

Data Capture 27

Hardware 28

About 28

Hardware Configurations 28

Activating and Disabling configuration files 28

To display or hide a hardware configuration: 28

Automation 30

What is automation? 30

Automation configuration screen 30

To access the automation configuration screen: 30

To start and stop automation: 30

To pause and resume automation: 31

To add a new automated job: 31

Table of Contents

To delete an existing automated job: 31

Limitations of automation 31

Folder monitoring 31

Printer Queue Capture 32

Error Handling 32

The tray icon 32

Command Line Options 32

Location 32

Usage: 33

Options: 33

Output Types: 33

Examples: 33

Troubleshooting 35

Frequently Asked Questions 35

Technical Considerations 35

Data Capture Limitations 36

Conversion Limitations 36

Glossary A

Index B

Overview

This PDF documentation was generated on 2013-04-18. You can access the online, up to date version of the documentation here: http://www.objectiflune.com/Documentation/EN/planetpress-envelopenow-user-guide/.

PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW is a stand-alone solution that allows Folder Inserter owners to take full advantage of their finishing hardware. You can drive your Folder Inserter's functions automatically and dynamically to reduce manual labour, speed up production time and eliminate human error!

PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW lets you add scan marks like OMR codes and Code 39 barcodes to your existing documents, following the manufacturer’s specific guidelines. You set-up the appropriate conditions in the stepby-step wizard to create scan marks that give your own specific instructions to your Folder Inserter. Once you have set-up your project, you can re-use it for an unlimited number of different print jobs.

With PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW, it becomes easy to automatically fold mail pieces of multiple pages, even when the page count is variable! Dynamically add inserts from various trays to your mail pieces based on easy to set-up conditions that follow your existing business rules.

Contextual help

From any window within PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW, you may hit the F1 key on your keyboard to obtain con-

textual help online. Alternatively you can also click the icon at the top-right of any screen to reach the online user guide on the Overview page.

Icons used in this guide

Some icons are used throughout this guide in order to catch your attention to certain particular information.

Notes: This icon shows you something that complements the information around it. Understanding notes is not critical but may be helpful when using PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW.

Warnings: This icon shows information that may be critical when using PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW. It is important to pay attention to these warnings.

Technical: This icon shows technical information that may require some technical knowledge to understand.

System Requirements

PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW has the following system requirements:

Minimum Requirements

l Operating System: Windows XP SP2 l Processor: Intel P4/Celeron;AMD Athlon/Turion l Memory: 1GB Ram l Disk Space: 10GB at all times (for temporary and spool files) l Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768 or higher

Supported Operating Systems

l Windows XP l Windows 2003 l Windows Vista l Windows 2008 l Windows 7

In all cases, both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of these operating systems are supported.

Overview

Important Notes

Virtual Environments: PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW should function in all virtual environments. However,

Objectif Lune Inc. has only performed surface testing on VMWare Workstation and cannot guarantee that PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW will function under all virtual environments.

Terminal Server: PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW does not require administrative rights and should work under Terminal Services and Remote Desktop connections. However, Objectif Lune Inc. has only performed surface testing on Remote Desktop (RDP) and cannot guarantee that PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW will function under all remote connection tools.

Performance considerations

PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW was designed to work with typical jobs produced for small, desktop inserters. The number of pages that can be processed through PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW is limited to approximately 50,000 pages and should run such a job, however such a large process could take a few hours to complete before printing starts.

It is estimated that the average job should be around 1000-5000 pages, and jobs of this size should be completed and ready to print within a few minutes. These speeds were calculated on a computer that meets the recommended system requirements.

Configuration/Cover Page

Hardware Configuration Sheet

The Hardware Configuration Sheet lists all of the project's details. This page is useful for configuring the Folder Inserter according to the project’s settings.

To print the Hardware Configuration Sheet:

l Open an existing project l Go to the Save tab l Click on the Print Info button. A Web browser window opens up, listing all information for this project. l Use your browser’s Print option to produce a hard copy of the configuration.

Getting Started

Overview 11

Package Contents 11

Installing PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW 11

Updating PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW 12

Opening the software 13

Closing the software 13

Trial Period 13

Activation 13

Overview

This section will help you get set up to use PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW.

Read on to find exactly what you need to do in order to properly install and activate your new software.

Package Contents

The PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW box* contains the following items:

l Your software installation CD. l Your software license details.

* Your licenses and installation may have been delivered to you electronically rather than physically.

Installing PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW

To install PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW follow these steps:

In order to install PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW, you must be logged on as an administrator on the computer.

1. Navigate to the PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW.exe file you downloaded from the Internet or locate the file on the PlanetPress EnvelopeNOWproduct CD. Once located double-click its icon to launch the installation program. The Select Setup Language dialog appears.

2. Select your preferred language and click OK.

Version 1.0 of PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW is only available in English. If your computer is missing prerequisites necessary for PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW to be installed, a dialog appears and indicates that they will be installed.

3. Click Next to download and install the required components. Once the installation of the components is completed the Welcome screen is displayed.

Getting Started

4. Click Next. The License Agreement page is shown.

5. When you have read and understood the license agreement, click on I accept the terms of the license agreement. Click Next.

You must accept the terms of the license agreement to continue.

6. Enter your full name and your organization's name then click Next.

7. The Setup Type screen appears. Select Complete if you want to install all the components of the software, or Custom if you want to individually select the components to install. Click Next.

8. If you selected Custom, the Custom Setup window appears. Select the components you want to install then click Next.

9. The Destination Folder screen displays the drive and folder where PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW will be installed. To install the software elsewhere, click Change... and navigate to the desired folder.

10. The Program Folder name determines the name that appears in the Start Menu. Keep the default name or change the name as desired. Choose whether you want the shortcuts to appear for anyone that uses the computer, or only for the currently logged on user, then click Next.

11. Click Next to start copying the files and install the software. The Setup Wizard starts installing the files. When the copying is complete, the final window appears. You may check Run Update Client now to check for updates after the installation has finished (recommended).

12. Click Finish to complete the installation of PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW.

Updating PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW

We strongly recommend keeping your software up to date by regularly using the Objectif Lune Update Manager.

To access the PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW update manager, do the following:

l Click Start. l Click (All)Programs. l Click the Objectif Lune Update Client icon.

When you start the update manager for the first time, a warning window appears to confirm whether you want information about your system to be sent to Objectif Lune. This information is only related to the Objectif Lune products installed on your system. Click Yes to accept, No to cancel. If you click Cancel, the update manager will quit and your software will not be updated.

To install an update:

If a new update exists for any Objectif Lune software installed on your system, including PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW, the latest version will appear along with its download size and an Install button. Click on the Install button to start the download and installation of the latest software version.

Once the download exits, the installation will start. Follow the instructions in this guide if you need help with the installation of the update (see Installing PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW)

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