InfoPrint Solutions Company, a joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, today announced that its InfoPrint Pro C900AFP color cutsheet printer is now available with support for PostScript, Adobe PDF and Personalized Printer Markup Language (PPML). The InfoPrint Pro C900AFP is offered in addition to the award-winning InfoPrint Pro C900 printer and offers added flexibility for color transactional and Print On-Demand (POD) users in data centers, service bureaus and direct mail operations.

Customers can now use the PPML datastream to create personalized, variable content color pages to maximize the effectiveness of customer communications while PostScript and Adobe PDF are vital tools for POD jobs, such as manuals, booklets and presentations.

The InfoPrint Pro C900AFP is a full color device that can be used for both transactional and POD applications. It offers customers an easy transition to an environment that supports applications that expand the smart use of color. It replaces the traditional approach of combining monochrome output devices with offset printing to produce invoices, statements or direct mail pieces that are commingled and mailed.

This latest InfoPrint Pro C900AFP model also features the InfoPrint Job Ticket Editor, an external application integrated into Windows and Macintosh drivers. This robust, easy-to-use JDF-based job ticketing tool enables the end user to create simple or complex fully-finished PostScript or PDF documents. Set-up entries include the ability to add covers, insert tabs and select finishing options such as ring binder, perfect binder and booklet maker, all of which help avoid the need for offline finishing.

“To deliver highly variable color applications, with both text and graphics content, customers need a dynamic print architecture that can accommodate their evolving needs. InfoPrint’s success in understanding the current marketplace is fully demonstrated in this latest InfoPrint Pro C900AFP model,” said Rick Carver, Worldwide Product Marketing Manager at InfoPrint. “Adding this solution to a print environment can not only produce dynamic customer-focused mission critical documents, it can lower production costs and reduce overall waste, vital considerations in today’s economy.”