Objectif Lune EnvelopeNow - 1.2 User Guide

User Guide

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Title PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW User Guide

Revision 9/14/2010

Table of Contents

Table of Contents 5

Overview 7

Contextual help 7

Icons used in this guide 7

System Requirements 7

Getting Started 9

Overview 9

Package Contents 9

Installing PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW 9

Updating PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW 10

Opening the software 11

Closing the software 11

Trial Period 11

Activation 11

The PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW Home Screen 13

Create a new project 15

Before you start 15

Select a configuration file and sample document 16

Identify the mail piece boundaries 16

Define 2-Sided Printing 19

Configure Selective Marks 20

Project Information 21

Modify an existing project 23

To modify an existing project: 23

To create a copy of an existing project 23

Print your job 25

Choose your input file 25

Choose the Project file. 25

Select an output printer 25

Click print. 25

Configuration 27

The Preferences screen 27

Hardware Configurations 28

Automation 29

What is automation? 29

Automation configuration screen 29

The tray icon 31

Command Line Options 31

Troubleshooting 33

Table of Contents

Frequently Asked Questions 33

Glossary A

Index B

Overview

This PDF documentation was generated on 9/14/2010. 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 step-by-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 contextual 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

Recommended

l Operating System: Windows 7 l Intel Core i7 / AMD Phenom II Quad l Memory: 8GB Ram l Disk Space: 100GB l Screen Resolution: 1600 x 1200 or higher

Supported Operating Systems

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

Overview

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

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.

Getting Started

Overview 9

Package Contents 9

Installing PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW 9

Updating PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW 10

Opening the software 11

Closing the software 11

Trial Period 11

Activation 11

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

Setup Language

2. Select your preferred language and clickOK.

Only English is available in version 1.0 of PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW.

If your computer is missing prerequisites necessary for PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW to be installed, a dialog appears and indicates that they will be installed.

dialog appears.

Select

Getting Started

3. Click

4. Click

5. When you have read and understood the license agreement, click on

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

7. The

8. If you selected

9. The

10. The

11. Click

12. Click

to download and install the required components. Once the installation of the components is completed the

Welcome

screen is displayed.

. The

License Agreement

page is shown.

I accept the terms of the license agreement

Next.

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

Setup Type

you want to individually select the components to install. Click

Destination Folder

install the software elsewhere, click

Program Folder

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

When the copying is complete, the final window appears. You may check the "

Finish

screen appears. Select

Complete

if you want to install all the components of the software, or

Custom

to start copying the files and install the software. The

to complete the installation of PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW.

, the

Custom Setup

screen displays the drive and folder where PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW will be installed. To

name determines the name that appears in the

window appears. Select the components you want to install then click

Change...

and navigate to the desired folder.

Setup Wizard

Run Update Client now

" to check for updates after the installation has finished (recommended).

Start Menu

. Keep the default name or change the

starts installing the files.

. Click

Custom

Updating PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW

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

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

From the Start Menu:

l Click Start. l Click (All)Programs. l Click the UpdateClient 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)

Opening the software

To open PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW:

From your desktop:

Locate and double-click the PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW icon on your desktop.

Figure 1 : The PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW icon.

From the Start menu:

1. Click on Start

2. Click on (All)Programs

3. Click on the PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW folder

4. Click on the PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW icon

5. The Home screen appears.

Getting Started

Figure 2 : The PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW Start menu folder.

Closing the software

To exit out of PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW:

Locate and click the button at the top-right corner of the current screen you are on.

2. If you are modifying or creating a job, a dialog asking you to save your work appears.

3. The software exits.

Trial Period

PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW can run for up to 30 days in a demonstration trial period and will no longer run after this trial period unless it is activated. During this trial period, PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW will cause all outputs to have a watermark.

Activation

To remove the watermark and continue using PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW, you will need to activate the software.

Getting Started

In order to activate, you will need to have your software license details, and PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW needs to be installed on your computer.

To Activatethe software:

l Open PlanetPress EnvelopeNOW

Go to the Preferences by clicking on from any screen.

l Click on the About tab. l Click on the Activation button. The PlanetPress EnvelopeNOWactivation screen appears. l Copy the Magic Number from this window by double-clicking on the number, then right-clicking on it and clicking

"copy". You can also write it down.

l Click on Web Activation to get to our activation website. l Follow the instructions on the website in order to register and activate the software.

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