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US 2003/0189726 A1Published application
Variable data printing dynamic imposition template
AssigneeNexPress Solutions LLC
InventorsDavid Kloosterman, Timothy F. Donahue
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating templates used in Variable Data Printing by analyzing a variable printing job file for production related parameters to create groups of families and associating each of the families with a set of Manufacturing Capabilities for the printing device intended to render the variable printing job to create a set of templates.
Claims17
A method for creating templates used in Variable Data Printing comprising the steps of:
- providing a file to a printing device containing parameters relative to a print job;
- forming a plurality of categories from parameters within said file;
- creating production parameters for each of said categories within said categories;
- obtaining a list of Manufacturing Capabilities of the printing device;
- selecting a Static Imposition Template;
- and
- mapping items within said categories to attributes of said printing device as determined from said list of Manufacturing Capabilities.
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A system for creating templates within Variable Data Printing comprising:
- a prepress area having facilities for opening a Variable Data Printing job file as a plurality of Instance Documents;
- an algorithm to analyze said Instance Documents in accordance with a predetermined set of parameters to create a set of categories;
- a production area including a printing device, said production area containing a list of Manufacturing Capabilities;
- an interface between said production area and said prepress area;
- a mechanism for transmitting the list of Manufacturing Capabilities from said reproduction area to said prepress area;
- and
- means for forming templates for said set of categories based on said list of Manufacturing Capabilities.
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A method for rendering files on a printing device comprising the steps of:
- providing a file that is broken into a group of subsets, wherein a plurality of parameters used to determine said group of subsets are manufacturing related variants;
- querying said printing device to obtain a list of Manufacturing Capabilities;
- and
- associating elements of said group of subsets with elements from said list of Manufacturing Capabilities.
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