Method, computer system and computer program product for transmitting a print job from a host computer to a print server
AssigneeOce Printing Systems GmbH
InventorsJose La Rosa Ducato, Michael McGinley, Jonathan Urry
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Abstract
In a method, computer system and computer program product for transmitting a print job from a host computer to a print server, variable data, particularly in the format Advanced Format Presentation (AFP) of the print job, are stored in the host computer in a main datafile and resource data that are suited for employment in a plurality of print jobs are stored in the host computer in at least one additional datafile. The variable data and the resource data are automatically united in the host computer to form a print datafile, and the print datafile is transmitted to the print server as complete print job.
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A method for transmitting a complete advanced function presentation (AFP) print job according to an AFP specification from a host computer to a print server, comprising the steps of:
- storing AFP data format variable data in the host computer in a main data file;
- storing AFP resource data suited for employment by a plurality of print jobs in the host computer in at least one additional data file;
- storing print job parameters used to control the AFP print job in the host computer in a job parameter data file;
- allocating the AFP print job parameters to the AFP variable data for said AFP print job;
- allocating the AFP resource data for said AFP print job;
- analyzing the AFP variable data and the AFP resource data for said AFP print job for consistency with given AFP rules from said AFP specification, and also checking for a standardized AFP formatting from said AFP specification of the AFP variable data and the AFP resource data for said AFP print job, and if the standardized formatting is not met, then performing a formatting to conform the variable data, the resource data, or both the variable data and the resource data to said standardized AFP formatting, and then automatically combining the AFP variable data and the AFP resource data in the host computer to form a complete print data file for the complete AFP print job;
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- transmitting the complete print data file to the print server ad the complete AFP print job.
A computer-implemented system for transmitting a complete advanced function presentation (AFP) print job according to an AFP specification from a host computer to a print server, comprising:
- a main data file in which AFP variable data are stored in the host computer as a spool data file;
- at least one additional data file in which AFP resource data suited for employment in a plurality of AFP print jobs are stored in the host computer as external resource;
- a job parameter data file storing print job parameters used to control the AFP print job in the host computer;
- a print job administration module which receives said print job parameters from said job parameter data file and allocates them to the AFP variable data for said AFP print job;
- an analyzing and combining module for parsing and resource packaging which receives said AFP variable data and AFP resource data, which allocates the AFP resource data for said AFP print job, which analyzes the variable data and the resource data for said print job for consistency with given AFP rules from said AFP specification, which checks the AFP variable data and the resource data for said print job for standardized AFP formatting from said AFP specification and if the standardized formatting is not met then performing a formatting to conform the variable data, the resource data, or both the variable data and the resource data to said standardized AFP formatting, and which automatically combines the AFP variable data and the AFP resource data to form a complete AFP print data file;
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- a routing module which receives said complete AFP print data file from said analyzing and combining module and which transmits the complete AFP print data file to the print server.
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