CSS Print Position Paper

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Creating Business Documents with CSS

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Compart Scope of Work

OptimizationWhite paper production

Output Channels

DocBridge®Process Automation and Workflow Engine

Input

Server

Host

E-Mail

Office

Archiv

OCR

WEB

SAP

Bundle, Merge andStorage

Document poolPrint formats &

Metadata(AFP, PDF, PCL, …)

Data extraction & classification

Customer Data Management

Central Print

Distributed Print

Archive ,WEB & Mobile

Legal Mail

Database

SAP, ERP & CRM

Outsourced

E-Mail & FAX

Output

Print formats & Metadata

IntegrationDocument creation(Batch & interactive)

Campaign Management

Net date(CSV, XML, RDI, …)

Input Channels

Sort, Bundle, Split

Attachment Mgt

Imprint logo

Enveloping

Franking

Shipment tracking

Preview & Reprint

Convert / DeFo

CompareO

ptimization of Delivery and O

utput

Control, quality assurance and monitoring

Market leader in document optimization. Provides high performance converting, indexing and modifying documents of any format.

The enterprise solution for checking and sending business correspondence from the PC. Enables audit-proof processes, saves working time and significantly reduces the number of remote printers.

Enables maximally optimized output management processes. Collects and mixes all documents from a wide variety of sources and offers multi-channel output optimized for web, print, archive and other ways of addressing customers.

The comparison solution for quality assurance and process optimization in document design. Shows all the differences between two documents. With modules for end users and for automated comparison.

Document creation for print, web and mobile from one source. High-performance solution for the page-independent and omni-channel-capable document design.

Control center for controlling and optimizing print production from various input channels. Integrates conversion, supports PDF Object Container in AFP, and provides print-speed-optimized printing.

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DocBridge®

The Basis for Our Customized Solutions

DocBridge®Mill Plus

DocBridge®Pilot

DocBridge® FileCab

DocBridge®Delta

DocBridge®Impress

DocBridge® Queue Processor

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Matrix… we can do almost any format

MembershipWe Set Standards

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DocBridge® ImpressDigital First with Printing in Mind

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Design: Once Input: Batch and Transactional

Output: Any Channel, Any Time

Preview

Templates

Resources

Business Logic

Language Logic

Describe your DocumentWhat You See is What You Mean

CSV File XML File Database Web Service

DocBridge® ImpressDesigner

DocBridge® ImpressRuntime Engine

Mobile Web E-Mail New Channels Archive Print

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Was ist DocBridge Impress?DocBridge Impress Engine Übersicht

HTML Input Impress EngineOutput

Transaction Document Creation in HTML

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Document Design/Creation Step Technology

Designing the document including content and layout

HTML and CSS/Print CSSXinclude for modularization

Inserting variable data XSLT and XPath

Setting up the output processes Batch or REST

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Impress Processing Steps

Input

DocBridge Impress

XML Parser

XSLT Processor

DFF Processor

Simplified XSLT for Variable Data

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XPath 1.0 and some higher-level

XPath for Variable Data

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Extensionscp:pad-leftcp:pad-right

Barcodes

External document insertion

Table marker

Media content filter

Meta data (AFP TLE, NOP)

Table of contents

External requests

Compart HTML Extensions: DFF Namespace xmlns:dff="http://www.compart.com/ns/dff"

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-cp-role

-cp-default-line-height

-cp-table-omit-header-at-break

-cp-table-omit-footer-at-break

-cp-duplex-printing

-cp-background-image-page-number

-cp-input-tray

Compart CSS Extensions-cp- prefix

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Large number of CSS specifications with limited information on print and paged

Some relevant specifications for paged media, generated content are working draftsonly

Sometimes missing or unclear specifications regarding print/ page handling e.g. table header and footer repeat/non-repeat

Missing specifications for many relevant features for paged media Table of contents Index Format-specific features such as PDF annotations, tags

CSS Print Pain Points

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1. Identification of a list of relevant specifications/relevant aspects of specifications forPrint CSS implementers

2. Finalize relevant specifications for print (paged media module, generated content,etc.), recommendations as standard for implementers3

3. Clear recommendations for accessible design, WCAG and PDF/UA.

4. Review XSL-FO specifications and identify relevant features missing in Print CSS.

5. Create a list of print specific issues with the CSS specifications (backlog) which implementers and other print CSS users could review and prioritize

CSS Print Suggestions

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