QUESTION: What is VPS?
ANSWER: VPS stands for "Variable Print Specification." VPS is a printer language for describing full-color variable-data print jobs. jobs.
VPS is one of several print-optimization technologies that are used for variable-data-printing.
The VPS language was invented by Scitex Digital Printing, which was acquired by Kodak in 2004.
As is true of other print-optimization technologies that are used for variable-data-printing, a guiding principle of VPS is its ability to specify which elements of a variable-data print job will be repeated from page to page. This allows variable-data print jobs to print at or near rated speed on a printer or digital press with a RIP that is capable of understanding VPS.