Method and system for the transformation of digital print data streams and corresponding printer and printer server

A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to cause a processor to execute a method, the method comprising:

• (i) an input print data stream (2) is read in,
• (ii) this is analyzed by means of a parser (4) for graphically representable objects (5) and is split up into these graphically representable objects (5), and
• (iii) the graphically representable objects (5) are stored in a memory (6) in an object-oriented format,
• (iv) the graphically representable objects (5) stored in the memory (6) in an object-oriented format are transformed into a format for the control of an output device (9), preferably a printer, and
• (v) the objects thus transformed are combined into an output print data stream (10) and are output,
• characterized in that graphically representable objects (5, 5a) are stored in the memory (6) in an object-oriented format, to which at least one stored script is assigned, which is executed in the cases defined in the script.

A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave and representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

• (i) an input print data stream (2) is read in,
• (ii) this is analyzed by means of a parser (4) for graphically representable objects (5) and is split up into these graphically representable objects (5), and
• (iii) the graphically representable objects (5) are stored in a memory (6) in an object-oriented format,
• (iv) the graphically representable objects (5) stored in the memory (6) in an object-oriented format are transformed into a format for the control of an output device (9), preferably a printer, and
• (v) the objects thus transformed are combined into an output print data stream (10) and are output,
• characterized in that graphically representable objects (5, 5a) are stored in the memory (6) in an object-oriented format, to which at least one stored script is assigned, which is executed in the cases defined in the script.