Systems and methods for visually previewing finished printed document or package
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRobert John Rolleston, Neil Robert Sembower
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Abstract
A thin client system and methods are disclosed for previewing a finished printed document or package in which a client computer system prompts a user to select from a predefined list of view positions and allows user selection or entry of view angles, a view position distance, and displayed page number and requests a single still image view of the produced document or package for review by the user.
Claims20
A system for providing a still image preview of a finished printed document or package, comprising:
- a server, comprising:
- a processor,
- a memory storing a 3-D model of a finished printed document or package defined by a print job file, and including an image buffer, and
- a network connection operatively coupled with a communications network,
- the server being operative to receive at least one user parameter from a client system through the network connection, the at least one user parameter identifying at least one of a view reference position, a view reference angle, and a view reference distance;
- and
- a rendering component operative to render a still image view of the 3-D model according to the at least one user parameter, and to store the still image view in the image buffer;
- the server being operative to transmit the still image view from the image buffer to the client system through the network connection.
A client system for providing a still image preview of a finished printed document or package, comprising:
- a client computer system, comprising:
- a processor,
- a user interface including a display, and
- a network connection operatively coupled with the communications network;
- and
- a document production visualization prompting component operative to:
- present a list of two or more predefined view positions to a user via the user interface,
- prompt the user to select one of the predefined view positions, and to prompt the user to select or enter at least one of a page number, a view position angle, and a view position distance, and
- create a request including the selected one of the predefined view positions, and the at least one selected or entered page number, view position angle, and view position distance;
- the client computer system being operative to:
- transmit the request to a server coupled with a communications network through the network connection,
- receive a still image view from the communications network through the network connection in response to transmission of the request, and
- display the still image view on the display.
A method for previewing a finished printed document or package using a client computer system, the method comprising:
- sending a print job file defining a finished printed document or package from a client computer system to a server through a communications network;
- presenting a list of two or more predefined view positions to a user via a user interface of the client computer system;
- prompting the user to select one of the predefined view positions;
- prompting the user to select or enter at least one of a page number, a view position angle, and a view position distance;
- creating a request including the selected one of the predefined view positions, and the at least one selected or entered page number, view position angle, and view position distance;
- transmitting the request to the server through the communications network;
- receiving a still image view from the server through the communications network in response to transmission of the request;
- and
- displaying the still image view on a display of the client computer system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.