Form Print Server
Does your application require forms and documents to be populated with data and printed on laser printers in high volumes?
Conventional form printing software cannot cope when print batches exceed a few hundred pages, particularly when document output uses many different blank templates.
Result: Printing gets slower and slower, the operator loses track of where print jobs have got to, print jobs go unfinished, and form packages are incomplete.
RAKIS Document Control and Production System
RAKIS is a state-of-the-art print server designed to efficiently expedite the printing of form documents. Targeted to high-volume document production, RAKIS takes advantage of XML, ODBC and ActiveX technology to retrieve data and forms from multiple sources on your network and incorporate them into printable document packages. Centralized document selection logic provides maintenance and control.
Benefits:
- Receive XML data as a stream or a file.
- Pull data from multiple ODBC-compliant data sources.
- Store forms for your entire operation in a central forms library (or in several locations if you prefer).
- Create predefined packages to make printing the correct forms almost foolproof.
- Set up different requirements for different business units using business rules applicable to that unit.
- Archive data and forms from each transaction so it can be reprinted at a later date.
- Batch print forms automatically on a preset schedule with the AutoScheduler feature.
- Monitor the status of print jobs and review the queued documents on line in WYSIWYG format.
- Create special formulas for the calculation or formatting of any data element.
- RAKIS can be set up to work with any XML data source or ODBC/SQL-compliant data source on your network and is completely user-definable. RAKIS uses information you provide to:
- Determine what forms and data are required for any defined package in your system.
- Retrieve the data from your data source(s) and the forms from your forms library(s).
- Integrate the data with the forms.
- Format the forms and send the package to any Windows compatible output device.
Product Fit
For Application Builders
Create form templates designed with our
forms design software. Your application
can populate these with data for printing
with our software.
Our core E-Form component is used for for batch printing of filled forms, from both desktop and server applications. The core E-Form component is suitable for print runs of hundreds of pages of documents.
The Rakis Print Server product (left) is designed for handling print runs of thousands of pages of form documents. If your application requires high volume printing, Rakis is the product to meet your needs.