Method for producing and outputting at least one printed page

Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the image processing procedures (30) take further properties such as the nature and the hardness of the fixing drum, the data format of the printer, the performance features of the control unit of the printer (18, 20) for image processing and the properties of the carrier material as well as the settings of the color management into consideration in the conversion of the images for the output on a printer (18, 20).

method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the presentation parameters P are defined when creating the print page (24).

Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a print page (24) that is independent of the output parameters of the output unit (18, 20) is created with the assistance of the first program module (28).

method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the output unit (18, 20) is a printer device.

Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the blocks contain graphics elements such as text, vector graphics, business graphics, pictures, tables, landscape photos and/or portrait photos.

Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the output parameters contain the resolution, the color depth, type and version of the printer software, printer language, image processing capability, drum type and the output medium of the output unit.

Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first program module is a text processing program module, a DTP program module or a forms generator.

Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the image data of the blocks (26) are inserted from data sources.

Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that some of the blocks (26) contain variable data.

Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that third program modules (32) are utilized form generating the second image data by means of the image processing procedures, particularly program modules (32) with whose assistance the first image data were created, and that the data exchange with the third program modules (32) ensues with the assistance of data exchange interfaces.

Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first and the second program module are processed in separate computing units (12, 14) of a data processing system.