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US 6,888,647 B2Granted
Proofing with watermark information created by a raster imaging processor
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorEdward M. Housel
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Abstract
Methods and systems for generating a proof set of a digital print job and delaying the completion of the print job until the proof set is approved are presented. The invention further includes generation of a proof set that includes print feature information on a page basis printed on the proof set in a watermark font.
Claims16
A system for digital printing comprising:
- a digital printer;
- and
- a data processor associated with said digital printer, the data processor capable of receiving a print job in digital form, wherein the data processor determines whether the print job includes a feature requiring the printing of a proof set of the print job and if so it further determines whether the print job requests that certain features should be printed on the proof page.
A method of printing a proof set of a document comprising the steps of:
- analyzing a print job to determine whether a proof set should be printed;
- further analyzing the print job to determine whether any feature information from the print job should be printed on the pages of the proof set;
- and
- rasterizing the pages of the print job and storing the rasterized pages in a raster memory file said file including rasterized information relating to the features;
- printing the pages of the proof set with the feature information being printed on the pages of the proof set.
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