US 2001/0043346 A1Published application

System and method for visual representation of tabs in a production printing workflow

AssigneeEastman Kodak Company

InventorsTomas Roztocil, Ronald F. Savino, David R. Hansen, Robert K. Holzwarth

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Abstract

A system and method for managing production printing workflow is disclosed. The system includes workflow management software which manages and facilitates the procedural stages of the workflow including job origination, job preparation, job submission and job fulfillment. The workflow management software provides an integrated object oriented interface which visually reflects and interacts with the workflow. The software further provides functionality for efficient page level modifications to documents at the job preparation stage. This functionality allows such modifications to be easily made to selected pages and visually verified by displaying visual representations of the modifications on visual representations of the pages. In particular, the insertion and attributes of ordered media, such as tab separator pages, is visually represented. This allows an operator to visually verify ordered media ordering and placement and coordinate with the production output device to properly insert and efficiently utilize the ordered media.

Claims54

Dependent claims

An interface, implemented in a computer, for representing and controlling a production printing workflow comprising:

a display;
a first document object representing a document, said document further comprising content and formatting, said formatting defining at least one page in said document, said first document object being associated with a first visual representation on said display;
a page object representing an ordered media attribute of one of said at least one page, said page object being associated with a second visual representation on said display and capable of being associated with said first document object;
a first user input device for selectively associating said first and second visual representations;
and
a second user input device for creating said page object, said second user input device operative to allow selection of said ordered media attribute, setting of at least one value of said ordered media attribute and selection of one or more of said at least one page in said document to apply said ordered media attribute to wherein upon application, one or more of said page objects are created and associated with each of said one or more of said at least one page and said corresponding document object;
wherein association of said first and second visual representations results in association of said respective objects;
and
further wherein said applied ordered media attribute is visually represented on a visual representation of said one or more of said at least one page.

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Facts

Application: 09/803,166Filed 9 Mar 2001
Priority: 17 May 2000
Published: 22 Nov 2001
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

G06F 40/106
Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents: display of layout of documents; Previewing
G06F 3/1205
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings,…
G06F 3/1211
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: improving printing performance
G06F 3/1253
Print job management: configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client

Family

Application09/573,093Continuation in part · filed 17 May 2000
Application09/803,166Continuation in part · filed 9 Mar 2001
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