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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="aggregator">72010410</journal-id>
      <journal-title>NIP &amp; Digital Fabrication Conference</journal-title>
      <abbrev-journal-title>nip digi fabric conf</abbrev-journal-title>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2169-4451</issn><issn pub-type="epub"/>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Society of Imaging Science and Technology</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA</publisher-loc>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2003.19.1.art00008_2</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="sici">2169-4451(20030101)2003:2L.482;1-</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">nip_v2003n2/splitsection8.xml</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="other">/ist/nipdf/2003/00002003/00000002/art00008</article-id>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group>
          <subject>Articles</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>A Variable Data Digital Offset Workflow</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Kacker</surname>
            <given-names>Dhiraj</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Muzzolini</surname>
            <given-names>Russell</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date>
        <day>01</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2003</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2003</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>482</fpage>
      <lpage>485</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2003</copyright-year>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>With the increasing availability of high quality digital offset presses, one of the key challenges faced by the industry is to develop new profitable markets for variable data content. In this paper we will provide an overview of Shutterfly's variable data products manufactured
 on the HP-Indigo line of digital offset presses. Shutterfly produces Greeting Cards, Note Cards, and Calendars on these presses. The end users provide text and digital images to customize these products. A key aspect of this purely variable-data workflow is that the customization is &#x201C;consumer
 centric&#x201D; with minimal job variability on the press. The presses are part of a fully automated printing workflow with no job specific previews, setup, or calibration. The presses are calibrated to be colorimetric devices and color is communicated in standardized color spaces to ensure
 an accurate color reproduction workflow. Data management is designed to operate the presses in a continuous printing mode; thus maximizing throughput.</p>
      </abstract>
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