Set up VDP file search paths

Fiery Central Manager allows you to specify shared locations for VDP resources.

You can set up file search paths that can be used globally for all jobs for the following types of variable data printing elements: common resources, PPML objects, or VPS objects.

Note: To define job specific search paths, use the VDP tab of Command WorkStation Job Properties for the specific job.

In the Fiery Central Manager window, click the VDP tab.
Click Add for the type of resources you want to add locations for: Common, PPML, or VPS.
- PPML objects use PPML (Personalized Print Markup Language), an XML-based language developed by PODi, considered an industry standard. To print documents in PPML format, use a third-party software application that is compatible with PPML format.
- VPS objects use Creo VPS, an extension of the PostScript language developed by Creo. All of the page elements must be packaged inside the Creo VPS file. To print, you must have an application that emits the Creo VPS data stream.
Note: Some PPML and Creo VPS jobs do not contain all of the variable data job resources in a single file. In these cases, specify the location of the variable data job external resources so that Fiery Central can access them. These shared locations must have read permissions from Fiery Central and the Fiery Servers.
Browse to the location of the stored objects and click OK.