GMC PrintNet Solutions

[pandus13]

Nayak and the other GMC guys.
I completely agree with you, it is a very powerful, flexible, almost "endless possibilities" tool.
with little knowledge and a bit of practice yuo can do a LOT.
I handled GMC for about 2 years, but the things Nayak and some other are talking are far more advanced: I guess you got a little more deeper into scripting/data scripting.
how was the response/ help/provided samples/code from GMC at this level?
I left the printing / VDP field for a DBA/ERP position, but at my former job the GMC communication was kind of filtered by a no-programming-knowledge guy which kind of shut my requests for additional samples/docs/help (not able to understand the data concepts.....).
also out of curiosity (I like the DBA/reporting/ERP field now) what is the salary range (general ballpark) for a dba programmer (6-8 years experience) with 2 years experience in GMC.
do you have any contacts around Illinois?

thanks guys and happy variable processing.

P.S.
I wish I could find you about 1 1/2 years ago.... any forum of GMC users at that time would have had helped me a lot....

[ODDA_Nayak]

well i cannot rate myself among old experienced gmc users though...but te areas that i explored in this tools i liked it for it...

even if u dont use scripts still it way ahead in ease of use...being working in output management and mailing service clients i know how good is this tol when it comes to zipcode/barcode/TLE/enveloping with printers...

best part is u can view ur design architecture ...like a BI tool (business intelligence...some times i wonder GMC inspired from there and developed it...b cos i worked in a tool called 'Datastage..which looks alike )

nyways regarding support..i never asked for one..except they installed some patches...thats all... bt not much idea... and yes if u r seraching in helpfiles to see any examples or use then well i can rate gmc help options as *** Poor***

[gmh17]

I have used GMC for 11 years now starting in Print Net 3 and now Print Net T designer 6.1, PA, VCS, and Web Proof. I have found it to be a great software. The GUI interface makes it easy for people to learn. It is very robust from being able to quickly set up the most simple applications to being able to efficiently handle extremely complex applications.In my experience everytime I am faced with a new challenge GMC has never let me down. I have never run into anything that it can not do and I have been involved in jobs that have really pushed the envelope. It is just a matter of figuring out how to do it. The other nice thing about the software is that there is always 3-4 different ways to do something in the software. That is good when you have a variety of people with different skill levels and experience in your department.

[Shelia]

I used this program.
It's a little difficult to operate and too much expensive.
And I find another program named UCCSOFT SmartVizor, which covers features for bank and insurance bills , and have better service and much lower price.
So maybe you could have a try.

[amit_sharma986]

I have used GMC for 11 years now starting in Print Net 3 and now Print Net T designer 6.1, PA, VCS, and Web Proof. I have found it to be a great software. The GUI interface makes it easy for people to learn. It is very robust from being able to quickly set up the most simple applications to being able to efficiently handle extremely complex applications.In my experience everytime I am faced with a new challenge GMC has never let me down. I have never run into anything that it can not do and I have been involved in jobs that have really pushed the envelope. It is just a matter of figuring out how to do it. The other nice thing about the software is that there is always 3-4 different ways to do something in the software. That is good when you have a variety of people with different skill levels and experience in your department.

I agree with you gmh17. Printnet T is far more better than any other software in this printing field. Even ISIS papyrus has to improve to come to the level of Printnet T. Papyrus is far behind in GUI to Printnet T. This software is using for 35% Transactional jobs and 65% for Promotional jobs in the world. It has around more than 6000 users in 30 countries. So we cant say that it is a begineer in this fied. You can read any type of line data hastle free. It could be XML line data, CSV or fixed length. Even it can read the data from Windows data server, ODBC. You can create various graphs, Barcode etc. And very cool feature of printnet is that you can create basic designs using shape tool and create rectangle, triange, stars. This will be very similar to Photoshop. Even you can write the script to create the more complex design.

[Eru]

I've been using PrintNet for a year now, i can say it's very very powerful not to say also is very intuitive. Here in my company there is no work at the moment that couldn't be done, also supports plugins like DirecType wich is very helpful, as before said, it has many ways of treating and preparing data, presenting it, postprocessing the layouts created.

I'm very happy with it and had no previous experience nor learning course (The Manual is great!)

[ejb]

Hi GMH,

I've heard you are an expert in PrintNet T Designer.
We are going to buy the product and we have some testing at the moment.

We have a problem printing 3 xA4 pages document , 2 Up on A3 paper.
The document has to be printed first and second pages duplex and last page simplex.
Suppose we have 4 records. When we do NS splitter, we get on printer : Record #1 on left side, record #3 on right side - which is correct. However the second set prints record #4 on left and record #2 on right side - which is not correct.
Could you Please advise what are right settings to setup that type of job
Thank you in advance
EJB

[Gbane]

Greetings,

I agree that support for a product is an essential element for your success. Our support staff, all seasoned print veterans, are second to none!! If you need to call us for support (USA based), you will get the assistance you need to get a job out the door and keep your customers happy. Our software been serving the print and publishing industry for 20 years.

DesignMerge software can utilize the two most powerful and popular composition engines in the world, QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign. All of the composition features that you have grown accustomed to are fully supported by DesignMerge. Every aspect of the composition process, including kerning and letterspacing, hyphenation and justification, runarounds, multi-page composition, styling, tables, etc. are all available for you to use. You just take an existing document, and use DesignMerge to "Make It Variable". Your variable output will look just like you did File/Print for each individual data record.

Regards,
Greg Bane
DesignMerge Channel Manager
gbane@meadowsps.com

[nmedina]

Hi ejb

Let me try to help you.

We have a problem printing 3 xA4 pages document , 2 Up on A3 paper.
The document has to be printed first and second pages duplex and last page simplex.
Suppose we have 4 records. When we do NS splitter, we get on printer : Record #1 on left side, record #3 on right side - which is correct. However the second set prints record #4 on left and record #2 on right side - which is not correct.

Do you mean that every record have 3 pages? or do you have 3 single-page records?
For the first case you should manage duplex like you are doing but you must pay attention to the Split type option in the NS Splitter. You should set up By group.
For the second case, you should remove the Duplex type and manage the duplex with an Imposition Script, directly in the printer or something like that.

If you have problems don't hesitate to contact me.

[mohan.r1980]

Hi pa_rider99,

I am Extremly Sorry that without you prior permision i mail you,
while i read your thread on this site so i want to ask you about the solution

i also post this as thread on this site but i am also mailing you

IN GMC SOFTWARE

i want to syntax of getName

i create a String Variable and want to show the current filename without any extention or path

Can you help me