Print Drivers
Dialogue’s unique design-once, deliver anywhere capability lets users output to one or more mediums with one application design, as long as the desired output page description language (PDL) supports the design elements used. Based on the target output device, Dialogue builds all the necessary resources for the most efficient output processing possible. Dialogue automatically creates the required images, fonts, and overlays (forms). Resources can either be created independently of the print stream and loaded on the printers manually or included in the print stream. If the resources are included in the print stream, Dialogue will load the resources needed and delete them upon print completion. Paper bin selection and paper tray control is available for printers with multiple paper types.

AFP
The AFP formats produced by Dialogue are user-controlled and support Image Output Content Architecture (IOCA) and Image Format 1 (IM1) formats, raster font creation and inclusion, Graphic Object Content Architecture (GOCA) shading and drawing components, Tagged Logical Element (TLE), and No Operation (NOP) record creation. All resources are created and can be included in the print stream. Color modes supported include AFP full-color; AFP OCA in color, black-and-white, highlight, or spot color; and black-and-white. Three levels of AFP optimization can be selected.

IJPDS
IJPDS is an ink jet print format for Kodak digital printers. It supports black-and-white, highlight-color, and full-color modes. IJPDS is an ideal format for Kodak’s VersaMark Business Color Press because it runs high-volume, transaction-oriented color documents at very fast speeds and lower print costs.

Metacode
Metacode is a format used for Xerox high-speed laser printers. Dialogue-produced Metacode output allows for image and font creation on the fly. Dialogue adds kerning and tracking for fonts, as well as enhanced shading and area patterns, to extend the base functionality contained in Metacode. Highlight-color, halftone, and black-and-white modes are supported for both online and offline environments. Optimization for online high-speed printers is optional.

MIBF
The Memory Image Bitmap File (MIBF) format is a proprietary Miyakoshi Corporation file format for inkjet print streams. This module supports high-speed, full-color production. The color transformations are based on a single input ICC profile and output ICC profile specified in printer settings. The profiles are applied to all images in packaging. MIBF supports high-quality plane separation for CMYK JPEG and CMYK TIFF images. MIBF produces multiple output files based upon the number of Bitmap Image Processors (BIPs) specified in the printer setting.

PCL
This module provides functionality for PCL4 and PCL5e printers. It supports black-and-white, grayscale, highlight-color, and full-color modes.

PostScript
Dialogue supports both Level 2 and Level 3 PostScript devices. Dialogue automatically builds forms and images, and places them at the top of the print stream so they can be pre-ripped and referenced. Both Type42 fonts (available in PostScript v2.013 and above) and Adobe Type1 fonts can be created to support all Level 2 and Level 3 PostScript printers. Full-color, highlight-color, grayscale, and black-and-white modes are supported.

PPML
PPML is the industry-standard print language to support color printing. It is an open, device-independent standard that allows personalized print to be more flexible, easier-to-use, and more affordable to produce. PPML supports a full range of on-demand printing, ranging from the office environment to high-speed production environments.

VDX
This module allows creation of output on Kodak NexPress printers. VDX has many of the same options already supported by PDF such as outlines, compression, binary output, encryption, and color space.

VIPP
VIPP is a Xerox print language built on PostScript that supports the full range of Xerox printers. It is a “higher level” print format that allows color output to run at faster speeds. With VIPP, Dialogue can use pre-ripped objects to produce high-volume color output at incredibly fast speeds—particularly with the Xerox iGen3 color printer.

VPS
This module creates VPS output. VPS is a specially designed PostScript-based print language, developed by Creo, for the definition of variable information documents. Used extensively by Xerox printers (including the iGen3), VPS is an intelligent language that provides a structured definition of the documents being processed.

Dialogue produces Thin or Thick VPS.

Thin VPS uses resources (images and overlays) as separate files the printer can RIP and store for later use with many print files. This saves time, both in the engine processing, and in print production. All resources are composed when you run the engine, and the resources are placed in the same directory as the composed file.

Thick VPS embeds all resources at the top of the print stream and makes each print file a complete job. The thick version of VPS will not reference external resources.

VPS is the recommended PDL for the Creo RIP instead of VIPP. Our VPS print stream is highly optimized to run efficiently on the Creo RIP.

3211 Line Data
Supports output to 3211 impact line printers. Features include record separation, text overflow, ANSI or machine carriage controls, ASCII and EBCDIC output character sets, number of lines per inch, number of characters per inch, blank line removal, and line overprinting.

Competitive Differentiator
Dialogue creates all of the resources needed to output to many different devices, so you only have to create your application one time—no additional changes are needed to the original design to begin outputting to additional formats, as long as the desired output PDL supports the design elements used.