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directly by PlanetPress Design, the document must be sent to the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and used in a process. For
more information, see VDX Caching.
FreeForm 1 and FreeForm 2
The EFIFiery RIPs use either FreeForm 1 or FreeForm 2 caching methods, which are very similar except for the limitations of
the master forms used. In FreeForm 1 you are limited to 100 Master Forms that are numbered, whereas in FreeForm 2 you
can choose a name for the Master Form and the 100 limit is not present. For more information, see FreeForm Caching.
FreeForm Caching
A feature of these RIPs is that you can create a master document, and have the content of a page of that master document
appear as the background on the pages of a document when that document executes. Only one page of the master document
appears on a given page of the document.
All the pages of a FreeForm document must indicate the number of the FreeForm master document to use when printing. If a
master document contains more than one page, when a document that calls that master document executes, it cycles through
the pages of the master document. For example, if the master document contains two pages, and the document that uses the
master document outputs six pages, the first page of output contains the first page of the master document, the second page
the second page of the master document, the third the first page of the master document.
To create a FreeForm master document:
1. In PlanetPress Design, create the document you want to use as the master document.
2. Double-click on the Document node to display the Document properties dialog box.
3. In the Document properties dialog box, click Compilation options.
4. In the Caching method box, select FreeForm and set the FreeForm options that appear.
This document is a master: Select to make the current document a master document.
Document number: Enter the index number for the master document. This is the number you use when you want to
reference this master document. Index numbers must be in the range 1 to 100 inclusive.
5. Click OK to exit the Document dialog box.
6. Save the document.
7. From the PlanetPress Design Button, choose Print, select the printer or printers on which you want to install the
master document, select Printer Centric, uncheck Print to file, set the Number of copies to 1, and click OK.
Remember that the printers you select must be running FreeForm.
To associate a FreeForm document with a FreeForm master document:
1. In PlanetPress Design, open the document in which you want to reference the FreeForm master document.
2. Double-click on the Document node to display the Document properties dialog box.
3. In the Document properties dialog box, click Compilation options.
4. In the Caching method box, select FreeForm.
5. Set the Document number box to the index number of the FreeForm master document you want the document to
use.
6. Click OK to exit the Document dialog box.
7. Save the document.
Now when you execute the document on the printer on which the FreeForm is running, each page of the document
includes the contents of the master document you specified in the document number box. Remember that in FreeForm,
if a master document has more than one page, when the document that calls the master page executes, it cycles
through the pages of the master document.
Setting Up a Document
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