Apparatus for controlling an electronic press to print fixed and variable information
AssigneeR. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
InventorsJames L. Warmus, Mark G. Dreyer
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling an electronic press develops first and second sets of template data representing associated first and second template pages, respectively. Each set of template data includes master data representing fixed information to be printed and area data representing an area of a page in which variable information is to be printed. A database is developed having a number of entries, each of which represents variable printed information. An electronic press is responsive to sets of template data and the database to print the first and second template pages with selected variable printed information.
Claims15
An apparatus for controlling an electronic press wherein the press includes a controller responsive to press commands, comprising:
- first means for developing a template file defining pages to be printed with fixed information common to all of the pages and variable information unique to each page;
- a database having entries therein each representing variable information to be printed;
- second means responsive to the first developing means for developing a master page file from the template file wherein the master page file defines the fixed information;
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- means responsive to the database and the first and second developing means for converting the template file and the database into press commands specifying sequence and content of page production by the press.
An apparatus for controlling an electronic press wherein the press includes a controller responsive to press commands, comprising:
- a database having entries therein each representing variable information to be printed;
- first means for developing a plurality of template files each defining associated pages to be printed with and having first data defining fixed information common to all of the associated pages wherein at least one of the template files further includes second data defining a particular area in each associated page for the printing of variable information therein unique to such page and third data identifying at least one of the database entries;
- second means responsive to the first developing means for developing a master page file from the template file wherein the master page file includes data defining the fixed information only;
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- means responsive to the database and the first and second developing means for deriving press commands specifying sequence and content of page production by the press from the template files and the database.
A method of controlling an electronic press wherein the press includes a controller responsive to press commands, comprising:
- developing a template file defining pages to be printed with fixed information common to all of the pages and variable information unique to each page;
- assembling a database having entries therein each representing variable information to be printed;
- developing a master page file from the template file wherein the master page file defines the fixed information;
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- converting the template files the database and the master page file into press commands specifying sequence and content of page production by the press.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.