Integration features

With the Avanti Slingshot Connect feature, you can receive jobs and JDF job tickets from the Avanti Slingshot MIS system and process them with RICOH ProcessDirector. RICOH ProcessDirector can then provide status of the job back to Avanti Slingshot as it moves through the system.

With this feature, you can define and drive Kodak cut sheet printers from RICOH ProcessDirector. RICOH ProcessDirector converts media and stapling requests into the KDK format used by these printers.

With this feature, you can define and drive Xerox cut sheet printers from RICOH ProcessDirector. RICOH ProcessDirector converts media and stapling requests into the XRX or XPIF format used by these printers.

The FusionPro Connect feature lets you integrate file composition operations provided by FusionPro Server into your print workflow. The FusionPro Connect feature provides a step template that sends print jobs to FusionPro Server and waits for them to return to continue processing. In the step, you can choose a FusionPro template and an imposition template to use with the job. The feature also includes a sample workflow that you can use to test your configuration.

This no-charge feature is provided with the base product but is not installed by default.

The MarcomCentral Connect feature lets you integrate the online-storefront and web-to-print functions of MarcomCentral into your production workflows. Sample web service input devices retrieve orders for print, digital, and other items from MarcomCentral. RICOH ProcessDirector creates a job for each order and notifies MarcomCentral when the items in the job complete specified steps in the sample workflow.

Prerequisites: Order Management and Web Services Enablement

The PitStop Connect feature lets you integrate preflight operations that use Enfocus PitStop Server 10 into your print workflows for PDF print jobs.

The Quadient Inserter Express feature is a simplified version of the Inserter feature, which includes support for only Quadient inserters. The feature provides sample objects that you can use as templates for configuring RICOH ProcessDirector to communicate with Quadient inserters.

Prerequisite: AFP Support or PDF Document Support

Quadient Inspire Connect extends RICOH ProcessDirector to make it easier to interact with Quadient® Inspire V8 or above. The feature adds system objects tailored to work with files created by Quadient Inspire so they can be submitted to the processing engine to generate print jobs as part of a print workflow.

You must have the AFP Support feature installed to create AFP files with Quadient Inspire.

The RICOH Supervisor Connect feature lets you send data collected by the Reports feature in the PostgreSQL database to the RICOH Supervisor application in the cloud.

The Ultimate Impostrip® Connect feature lets you integrate the imposition functions of Ultimate Impostrip® Automation or Scalable into your RICOH ProcessDirector workflows.