Xerox®FreeFlowProcessManager®Automateprepressforatouchlessworkflow.

Digital Workflow CollectionFreeFlow® Process

Manager

Process Manager

Domoreinlesstime.Automatically.

FreeFlow Process Manager® automates labor-intensive prepress activities and improves production productivity by efficiently processing up to thousands of incoming jobs without operator intervention. Thelatestprocessimprovementsandenhancementsbuiltintoversion9.0willhelpyouevenmoretocompletejobsinlesstime,reducecostsandassureconsistentquality,printafterprint.

Productivity comes standard.ProcessManagercreatesefficienciesbyautomatingprepresssteps—noteliminatingthem.WithProcessManager9.0,we’veaddedmajorperformanceimprovements,suchas:

•AnAcceleratedJobProcessingmodethatimprovesperformance4xoverFreeFlow®8.0andeliminatestheneedtoresubmitfromcertainprepressfunctionsintheworkflow

•ChangestoJobSchedulingtoimprove“firstjobout”performance

Process more jobs. Watch your business grow. FreeFlowProcessManagerenablesautomationfromthesimplestworkflowstomultifacetedintegrations,savingyoutimeandmoney.Itcoverssimpletasks,likepreflighting,convertingtoPDFandimposing,tomoreadvancedonessuchasintegratingwithyourupstreamordermanagementsystem.ProcessManager9.0offersyouevenmorewaystoautomateandkeeptrackofyourjobs,with:

•Threenewprocessnodes:PageInsert,PageDeleteandPageDuplicate

•PageRangeswithsupportfornegativepagenumbervalues

•TheJoinnodewhichsupportsaddingbookmarkstoPDFsandindicateswhichpagesinthejoinedPDFcamefromwhichfiles

•ImpositionenhancementsthatnowsupportexportinginwardcreepandMaxN-upauto-orientation

•ASaveProcessnodethatletsyousavepreflightreportswithyourjob

•Supportfornewworkflowvariablesthatworkwithbothmanifests(matchingcurrentfunctionality)andJDFtickets

•AnExternalProcessnodethatcanexportandacceptanXPIFticket,soeveryjobthatissentoutreturnswithbothXPIFticketandPDF,enablingcustomizationonthefly

Jumpstart your workflow.ProcessManager’sEasyStartworkflowsareenhancedinversion9.0.The11EasyStartworkflowsinclude:

•UseofnewFreeFlowProcessManagerprocessnodes

•ManifestSamplesfromDigilabs,OminiPub,Pageflex,WebCRD,etc.

•JDFSamplesfromAdobeCS4andFreeFlowWebServices

•Adynamicworkflowexample

Over 20 pre-configured prepress functions.

AIE

FlipPages

Review

Conditional

Convert

Watermarks

Resize

Notify

ExternalProcess

Join

BatesNumbering

Impose

Print

InsertPages

Optimize Preflight

PageNumbering

BarCodes RotatePages

Crop Press-marks

Save

DeletePages

JDFExport

InsertDuplicate

Pages

•DocumentationinPDFformatthatdescribeseachworkflow,howtouseitanditsbenefitstoyou

Thisself-monitoringandself-maintainingsoftwarehelpsensuresmoothandcontinuousoperationsinyourfacility.ItcanbecombinedwithotherFreeFlowproductstoformacompletelyautomatedworkflowfromjobsubmissionthroughfulfillmentinbothdigitalandoffsetenvironments.

Take your production workflow to the MAX. Readyforahigherlevelofautomation?WithProcessManager9.0,youcanconnectyourordermanagementand/orWeb-to-Printsystemtoyourprepressoperations.FreeFlowProcessManager9.0MAX(ManifestAutomationfromXerox)deliversimprovedmanifestperformancewhensubmittingtoworkflowswithalargenumberofPrintProcessnodes.Itisaconfigurableinterfacethatenablesintegrationwithupstreamsystemstocreateahighlyefficientautomatedjobsubmission.Ifyouhaveasystemthattracksordersandjobs,typicallythereisadatabasestoringjobandorderinformation.AreportfromthiscanbeintegratedsothatordersautomaticallygetpassedtoProcessManager.

Theresultiserror-freesubmissionofaverylargenumberofjobsinashorttime,withoutoperatorinvolvement.Plus,itallowsyoutoincludeproductioninformationonindividualjobstomakeyourpost-printoperationsmoreefficient.Sinceithandlesthechallengesofprocessingyourorders,youcanautomaticallytakeonmorejobsandgetthemoutthedoorfasterthaneverbefore.

Itseasy-to-useuserinterfaceenablesquickmanualsubmissionofmanifestdataforshort-runefficiencyandprofitability.Itsnumberofsupportedmanifestconfigurationshasbeenincreasedto30.Plus,MAXCSVfilesupportsuptoamaximumof100columns.

Perhapsthebestofall,MAXisincludedatnochargewithyourpurchaseofFreeFlowProcessManager.SowiththehelpofXeroxProfessionalServices,youcanimplementthislevelofautomationnoworinthefuture.Whatcouldbebetterthanthat?

Scalable automation: from simple workflows to multifaceted integrations.WithFreeFlowProcessManager®,youhaveaworkflowsolutionthatcanbeusedinmanyways—andthatcangrowwithyouasyouincreasinglygrowandautomateyourbusiness.Becauseit’sscalable,youcanenableyourautomatedworkflowinthewaythatmakessenseforyourbusinesstoday,whilekeepingthedooropentoahigherlevelofautomationtomorrow.

Onewaytolookatthiscapabilityisthroughtiersofautomation.Eachtierallowsforadifferentlevelofautomation—fromautomatingsimplerepetitivetaskstomorecomplexormultifacetedintegrations—yieldingaproportionatelevelofreturnoninvestment.Overall,FreeFlowProcessManageroffersaproductivity-buildingpropositionthatcansaveyoutimewhilereducingyourcostsandmanualprepresserrors.

Tier 1:Allowforbasic automationtofreeupyourprepressoperator’stimefromthoseessential,repetitivestepsthattakeupwaytoomuchtimeinpreppingajobforprint.Nomoredelaysorbottlenecksinprepress.Automationcanensurethatjobsarecontinuallybeingsenttoprintandpromptlymeetingturnaroundtimes.Over20prepressoperations,suchaspreflightofjobs,convertingtoPDF,andimpositioncanbehandledautomatically.

Tier 2:Reducetheamountoftimespentonthosemore complex tasksinprepressbyautomatingprepressoperationsandtheoperator’sdecisionsonhowajobshouldbeprocessed.Forexample,decisionscanbemadebaseduponthejob’ssize,orientation,numberofpagesandmanyothercharacteristics,allautomatically.Imaginehowmanymorejobscanbecompletedandhowmuchmoreproductiveyourprepressoperationscanbecome.

Tier 3:Forthoseinterestedinautomating order entryintoprepressandbeingabletohandlehundredsofjobsaday,submittederror-free.WithMAX,youcantakeonjobsthatwerepreviouslyimpossibleorlogisticallyinfeasibletoorchestrate.

Tier 4:Providesthemost advanced level of automationwherestraight-lineintegrationswerenotpreviouslyavailable.CustomsolutionsthroughtheuseofMAXallowProcessManagertoconsumedatafromvirtuallyanyupstreamsystem—allowingforatrulytouchlesssystem.

Tier 2Automate complex prepress operations

Tier 3Highly efficient automated job submission

Integrate with upstream systems

Tier 4Most advanced level of automation

Custom integration to upstream systems

Multifaceted Automation

Simple Automation

Tier 1Automate simple, repetitive prepress functions

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Base Hardware ConfigurationMinimum required hardware configuration. Recommended for simple applications such as brochures, newsletters, and business cards• Processor:Dual-coreIntel®Xeon®2.66GHz,1333

FSB,4MBL2cacheequivalentorbetter(AMD™equivalentprocessorsmaybesubstituted)

• SystemMemory:3GB• HardDrive:*

– Disk1(DriveC):73GBSCSI/SAS-15KRPM–SinglePartition(SystemFiles/OS)

– Disk2(DriveD):300GBSCSI/SAS-15KRPM–SinglePartition(FreeFlow®application)

– Disk2capacitydependsonapplicationandstoragespacerequirements

• EthernetCapability:100/1000MB/sec• Display:CRTorLCDMonitor• InputDevices:KeyboardandMouse• PeripheralDevices:DVDDrive• Backupstoragedevicerecommended

Softwaremaybeinstalledinavirtualenvironment.Thevirtualenvironmentmustbeconfiguredtomeetthesamehardwareconfigurationandperformanceasthestandardenvironment.

*Alternatediskconfigurationsmaybeusedaslongastheyprovideequivalentorbetterperformance.

Enhanced Hardware Configuration Recommended for high-volume, more complex projects, as well as for integrating with Web Services or MIS systems via MAX (Manifest Automation from Xerox)• Processor:

– TwoDual-coreIntel®Xeon®3.33GHz,1333FSB,6MBL2cacheequivalentorbetter

– Quad-coreIntel®Xeon®3.33GHz,1333FSB,2X6MBL2cacheequivalentorbetter

– AMD™equivalentprocessorsmaybesubstituted

• SystemMemory:4GB• HardDrive:*

– Disk1(DriveC):73GBSCSI/SAS-15KRPM–SinglePartition(SystemFiles/OS)

– Disks2and3(DriveD):300GBSCSI/SAS-15KRPM–Single600GBRAID0Partition(FreeFlow®Application/TempFiles)

– Disk2and3RAIDcapacitydependsonapplicationandstoragespacerequirements

• EthernetCapability:100/1000MB/sec• Display:CRTorLCDMonitor• InputDevices:KeyboardandMouse• PeripheralDevices:DVDDrive• Backupstoragedevicerecommended

*Alternatediskconfigurationsmaybeusedaslongastheyprovideequivalentorbetterperformance.

Software Components The following represents the supported software components that the customer procured and installed• OperatingSystem:

– Microsoft®Windows®Server2003R2StandardEdition(32-bit)SP2

– Microsoft®Windows®Server2003StandardEdition(32-bit)SP2

– Microsoft®Windows®Server2008StandardEdition(32-bit)SP2

– .NET3.5SP1orhighermustbeinstalledpriortoinstallation

– IIS6orIIS7withV6compatibilitymodeenabledmustbeinstalledtouseRMSconnectivity

• OptionalApplicationSoftware:– Microsoft®Office2003(Word,Excel®,

PowerPoint®,Publisher);Microsoft®Office2007(Word,Excel®,PowerPoint®,Publisher)

– Kodak®Prepsv5.3.3

New Xerox® Products Supported • Xerox®Color550/560Printer—quadstapleforleftandrightportrait;orientationattribute

• Xerox®Color800/1000Press—clearcoat;quadstaple;newmediatypes;orientationattribute

• Xerox®iGen4®90/110Press—maximumcustomerstockwidthto660mm(26inches);blackoverprint

• Xerox®iGen4PerfectingPress—maximumcustomerstockwidthto660mm(26inches)

Xerox® FreeFlow Process Manager® Specifications

Fewertouches.Greatproductivity.TheXerox®FreeFlowDigitalWorkflowCollectioncanhelpyouautomatetosavetimeandreducecostsforeveryjob—frompointofentrytofinaldelivery.Whetheryouuseoneoftheseproductsorintegrateseveraltomeetyourspecificworkflowneeds,FreeFlowsolutionshelpyouconnectwithyourcustomers,reducecostsandenablenewapplications.

Orderscomeinthroughyourcurrentsystemorthe24/7WebportalenabledthroughFreeFlow Web Services.

Immediately,they’reprocessedthroughFreeFlow Process Manager,whichautomaticallyhandlespreflight,imposition,scriptingandmore.

FreeFlow Express to Print supportsthefulllineofXerox®productionprintersprovidingasimpletoolforsubmission,ticketingandpreviewingjobs.

JobscanalsobepreparedwithourrobustFreeFlow Makeready®

solution—puttingadvancedjobpreparationcapabilitiesatyourfingertips.

Now,FreeFlow Output Manager®takesover,actingasacentralizedcollectionpointtorouteandschedulejobsacrossmultipleprinters.

Finally,theFreeFlow Print ServerRIPsthejobs,providingtimesavingefficiency,excellentimagequality,andbenchmarksecurity.

Lookingtogainacompetitiveedge?UsetheFreeFlow Variable Information Suitetoaddpersonalizationandcost-effectivesecurityfeaturestoyourdocuments.

Thebottomline?Whetheryouuseoneoftheseproductsorintegrateseveraltomeetyourspecificworkflowneeds,youcanconnectwithyourcustomers,reducecosts,andenablenewapplications.

The power of Xerox® FreeFlow®.