Database functions in a closed loop ceps-press systems
AssigneeCreo IL. Ltd.
InventorsRafail Bronstein, Ehud Spiegel, Ephraim A. Carlebach
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Abstract
An integrated computerized system for use in color printing having at least one digital representation of a color characteristic of at least one page to be printed and a digital storage memory for storing the digital representation. An imposition apparatus is connected to the storage memory to receive the digital representation and arrange the digital representation in accordance with a desired plate layout, thereby to define a plate image. A press set-up device extracts from the plate image the color characteristic and provides ink flow set-up data to a printing press in accordance with the extracted color characteristic.
Claims13
Data storage for a closed loop prepress to press system, said system comprising at least one page layout and assembly unit, a color-spatial unification unit, a digital signature assembly generator, a press set-up unit and a press control, said data storage comprising:
- a) means for storing data;
- b) means for receiving operator input;
- c) means for bilateral data flow from said data storage to said press control and from said press control to said data storage;
- d) means for bilateral data flow from said data storage to said digital signature assembly generator and said color-spatial unification unit and from said digital signature assembly generator and said color-spatial unification unit to said data storage;
- e) means for data flow from said at least one page layout and assembly unit to said data storage;
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- f) means for data flow from said data storage to said press set-up unit, wherein said data storage comprises at least one database.
A method of database utilization within a closed loop prepress to press system, said system comprising at least one page layout and assembly unit, a color-spatial unification unit, a digital signature assembly generator, a press set-up unit and a press control, said utilization comprising:
- a) loading control data by an operator into said at least one database;
- b) bilaterally communicating between said at least one database and said press control system;
- c) bilaterally communicating between said at least one database, and said digital signature assembly generator and color-spatial unification unit;
- d) communicating page data from at least one page layout and assembly unit to said at least one database;
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- e) communicating data from said at least one database to said press set-up unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.