Print and mail

Print and mail actually refers to the process of accessing the data given by the clients and in
turn producing back the customer required form of document.

In general, the data can be of columnar data, delimiter or the data being specified using XML
codes.

When the data being received is not in the form as accepted by the software, the developer
can make the changes using preprocessor if required.

The preprocessor is the one, which can be used to make the changes that may be normally
required, and it can convert the data into the form as accepted by the software.

The development phase of any software in general follows a cycle, which mainly starts, from
the requirement analysis phase to the final maintenance phase.

The client communicates with the client relationship manager, who in turn provides the user
requirements. As the requirements are gathered, the developer prepares a normal prototype of the
software. The prototype will thus be designed, coded and tested as a final document.

The developer in general have the backup of some required data in the documented forms,
normally as folders which can be used at the later stage of failure or some undesired
circumstances. This documented data can be used by the persons other than the developers in
case of any failure.

Thus, as a whole once the data is being received, converted to required form, it can enter into
the design phase of development.

The design consists of the representation of the data in terms of flowchart or anything to
notify the basic requirements and coding. Based upon the design, the data can be used and coded
using suitable executable files (.exe) present already.

Once the code is made ready, the team can perform testing over the software by providing
the possible values to the data.

The testing can be of peer-peer level testing or may be unit or integrated level testing. Once
the testing is over, the software will be delivered to the end users.

The team will thus monitor the software for a particular period of time and maintain the
software. This maintenance level can be either live or stage workflow level, which is mainly
done during the production phase.

In live stage, the developer can make the changes by tracking through the previous stages
while in the stage level, he will just monitor the stage of production.
 The workflow is the series of steps, which will be coded initially to perform a work in the
automated fashion. It is like a prototype, which provides the automation of the work while
developing software. It in turn consists of various modules.

Through these steps, the final User-required document will be produced in the formats like
PS or pds and so on. The PS format is one, which can be detected by the printer and it performs
the process specified automatically.

In this way, we can generate codes for producing cheques, bills, invoices, barcodes and so
on.