Print approval of variable data documents
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsOrhan E. Beckman, Jennifer L. Farrell
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Abstract
Various systems and method for obtaining print approval for the printing of a variable data document by a print shop are provided. In one embodiment, a system is provided that includes a variable data document system employed to create a variable data document, the variable data document system providing for a digital specification of one or more elements of the variable data document. The system also includes a proofing portfolio that is associated with the variable data document system, the proofing portfolio including a physical embodiment of the one or more elements of the variable data document.
Claims32
A system for providing print approval, comprising:
- a variable data document system employed to create a variable data document, the variable data document system providing for a digital specification of at least one element of the variable data document;
- and
- a proofing portfolio that is associated with the variable data document system, the proofing portfolio including a physical embodiment of the at least one element of the variable data document, the proofing portfolio being associated with a printing press and the proofing portfolio being valid for a predefined period of time.
A system for providing print approval, comprising:
- means for creating a variable data document, the variable data document system providing for a digital specification of at least one element of the variable data document;
- and
- a proofing portfolio that is associated with the variable data document system, the proofing portfolio including a physical embodiment of the at least one element of the variable data document, the proofing portfolio being associated with a printing press and the proofing portfolio being valid for a predefined period of time.
A proofing portfolio for providing print approval, comprising:
- at least one hardcopy version of a content item, the content item being one of a number of content items provided in a variable data document system associated with the proofing portfolio;
- a number of texture samples, each of the number of texture samples embodying one of a number of document textures provided in the variable data document system;
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- a number of color samples, each of the color samples embodying one of a number of document colors provided in the variable data document system.
A method for proofing a print, comprising:
- specifying a variable data document using a variable data document system, the variable data document to be mass printed on a printing press;
- generating an order for the variable data document from a print vendor;
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- associating a proofing portfolio with the order as a contract proof.
A printing method, comprising:
- providing a variable data document system that is used to create a variable data document, the variable data document system providing for a specification of at least one element of the variable data document;
- providing a proofing portfolio that is associated with the variable data document system, the proofing portfolio including a physical embodiment of the at least one element of the variable data document;
- receiving an order for a printing of a number of copies of the variable data document, wherein the proofing portfolio is associated with the order;
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- printing the number of copies of the variable data document if the proofing portfolio is valid.
A program embodied in a computer-readable medium for screening an order for mass printing of a variable data document for validity, comprising:
- code that identifies a proofing portfolio associated with an order for mass printing of a variable data document received from a client;
- code that determines whether the proofing portfolio is valid;
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- code that informs the client that the proofing portfolio is invalid and that the order cannot be honored when the proofing portfolio is invalid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.