Variable imaging using an electronic press
AssigneeR.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
InventorsJames L. Warmus, Mark G. Drey
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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, wherein 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 and an electronic press is responsive to the sets of template data and the database to print the first and second template pages with selected variable printed information.
Claims36
A method of developing a data file representative of a page from a template file and a database file, wherein the template file includes data representing fixed information to be reproduced on the page and data representing a position for variable information on the page and wherein the database includes data representing variable information to be reproduced at the position on the page, the method comprising the steps of:
- developing a first data file from the template file, wherein the first data file includes the data representing the fixed information;
- developing a second data file from the template file, wherein the second data file includes the data representing the position for the variable information on the page;
- developing a third data file from the second data file and the data in the database;
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- developing a fourth data file that specifies a manner of combining the first and third data files to produce the data file representative of the page.
A system that develops a data file representative of a page from a template file and a database file, wherein the template file includes data representing fixed information to be reproduced on the page and data representing a position for variable information on the page and wherein the database includes data representing variable information to be reproduced at the position on the page, the system comprising:
- a computer readable medium;
- a first routine stored on the computer readable medium and adapted to be executed by a processor that develops a first data file from the template file, wherein the first data file includes the data representing the fixed information;
- a second routine stored on the computer readable medium and adapted to be executed by the processor that develops a second data file from the template file, wherein the second data file includes the data representing the position for the variable information on the page;
- a third routine stored on the computer readable medium and adapted to be executed by the processor that develops a third data file from the second data file and the data in the database;
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- a fourth routine stored on the computer readable medium and adapted to be executed by the processor that develops a fourth data file that specifies a manner of combining the first and third data files to produce the data file representative of the page.
A system for developing a data file representative of a page from a template file and a database file, wherein the template file includes data representing fixed information to be reproduced on the page and data representing a position for variable information on the page and wherein the database includes data representing variable information to be reproduced at the position on the page, the system comprising:
- a control unit having a memory and a processor, wherein the control unit:
- develops a first data file from the template file wherein the first data file includes the data representing the fixed information;
- develops a second data file from the template file wherein the second data file includes the data representing the position for the variable information on the page;
- develops a third data file from the second data file and the data in the database;
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- develops a fourth data file that specifies a manner of combining the first and third data files to produce the data file representative of the page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.