uPlan/uProduce Copies of Spreads Based on Data

[Jerry Clough]

Is there a way to have a spread print multiple copies using data to trigger that? So, based on what's in the data have pages 1 and 2 print 3 copies but then have pages 3 and 4 only print 4 copies. All the pages have graphics placed variably in the pages. 

Thank you!

Jerry

[west-digital.fr]

With XMPie's "AutoFlow" feature, you may indeed be able to "multiply the bread" (as somebody else already did in the past).

I would create an InDesign Text object (color = white, or located in the page margin, so that it won't print), large enough to contain only one character ("X", per instance).

Then, tag it with a Text Content Object.

Then, set a Rule to this Text Content Object, that generates one given character (per instance: "X") per copy you want + 1.

In other words:

If you want 0 copy of your spread (= only the original), simply generate "X".

If you want 1 copy of your spread, simply generate "XX".

Etc.

In my second example, your first "X" character will kindly fill your InDesign Text object, thus generating no specific copy.

Then, along with XMPie's "AutoFlow" feature, your second "X" character will kindly force the XMPie composition engine to add one copy of the spread.

The same may be implemented, based on Table Content Objects.

west-digital.fr

[rotero9]

@jerry I did this 2 ways. If you don't have access to uPlan you can do it using a switch statement. I created this variable:

switch(AsString(|->[ador_name]))
{
    case "1":
        "X"
    case "2":
        "X X"
    case "3":
        "X X X"
    case "4":
        "X X X X"

    default:
        "X"
}

If you have uPlan, I used a javascript function, which @west-digital kindly helped me figure out how to use properly. 

[Jerry Clough]

Thank you both. It all worked great. I had a little issue in that the pages are two-sided and bleed on all four sides, but I was finally able to work that out. Thanks again!

[ROBERT HOPFNER]

This is a one page document with 4 layers? Each layer has layer visibility and variable elements on each layer. Control it all by the data. 

 

So page one is layer one

page 2 is layer one

page 3 is one...

Page4 is layer two

Page5 is layer two

Page6 is layer two

Page7 is layer 3 etc...

i used to do a 12 page booklet with about 27-32 dynamic pages. The data was insane...

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