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You can use FreeForm to print variable data documents. This section provides an overview of 
FreeForm and describes how to create and combine master and variable elements. Guidelines 
and tips are discussed at the end of the section.

 

FreeForm variable data printing sends the master-element data for the job to the Fiery 
EXP8000/50 and rasterizes it separately from the variable-element data. The master-element 
data is stored on the Fiery EXP8000/50 in rasterized form as a FreeForm master and can be 
used as often as required with multiple sets of variable-element data. Because the FreeForm 
master job is preRIPped and stored on the Fiery EXP8000/50, the only RIP time required for 
variable data print jobs is the time necessary to RIP the variable-element data. 

You can use FreeForm masters for any fixed-element data and combine it with different day to 
day data. For example, you can store a letterhead template as a FreeForm master and use it 
repeatedly as the background for different letter content (the variable-element data).

FreeForm allows you to create the master and variable documents using any application. 
You can create the two documents using different applications or computer platforms. 
To create the master document, use a page layout or graphics application. To create the 
variable document, use a word processing application that has a mail merge feature, a page 
layout application that supports scripting, or a database application.

You control FreeForm functions with the Create Master and Use Master print options. Set 
these options in the printer driver when you send a job, or instruct the operator to set them 
with job overrides from Command WorkStation or Hot Folders. After the master document is 
RIPped, it appears on the Command WorkStation FreeForm tab. You can also use Command 
WorkStation to monitor and manage all the FreeForm masters stored on the Fiery EXP8000/
50. 

For more information, see Command WorkStation Help.