Modifying a fold program to satisfy configuration conditions and displaying the modified fold program
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorMichiel A. C. Terhaag
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Abstract
A method selects a folding program for a job to be carried out on a folding system, the job being provided with a job specification. The method includes calculating a fold program and an associated fold configuration based on the job specification, resulting in a set of configuration properties. The method further includes evaluating the fold program to check whether the associated fold configuration properties satisfy a set of configuration conditions. A folding system for folding a job, a printer driver, a computer program and a computer-readable medium for carrying out the method are also included.
Claims9
A method for selecting a folding program for a job to be carried out on a folding system, the job being provided with a job specification, said method comprising the steps of:
- calculating a fold program and an associated fold configuration based on the job specification, resulting in a set of configuration properties;
- evaluating the fold program to check whether the associated fold configuration properties satisfy a set of configuration conditions;
- associating at least one configuration condition with one of a panel width and a legend position;
- modifying the fold program of an associated fold configuration, having fold configuration properties which do not satisfy the set of configuration conditions, into a modified fold program such that the modified fold program and the associated modified fold configuration, having modified configuration properties, satisfy the set of configuration conditions;
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- displaying a visual representation of the calculated fold configuration via a display device.
A folding system for folding a job, the job having a job specification, said folding system comprising:
- a folding device configured to controllably fold the job;
- a controller configured to control the folding device;
- a processor configured to calculate a fold program and an associated fold configuration based on the job specification, resulting in a set of configuration properties;
- an evaluation device that is adapted to evaluate the fold program in operation to check whether the associated fold configuration properties satisfy a set of configuration conditions an association device configured to associate at least one configuration condition with one of a panel width and a legend position;
- a modifying device configured to modify the fold program of an associated fold configuration, having fold configuration properties which do not satisfy the set of configuration conditions, into a modified fold program such that the modified fold program and the associated modified fold configuration, having modified configuration properties, satisfy the set of configuration conditions;
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- a display device configured to display a visual representation of the calculated fold configuration.
A printer driver for use in a workstation for printing document files to a printer, comprising:
- a data processing section that processes document data and submits the processed document data to a printer system incorporating a folding system;
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- a graphical user interface section that communicates with an operator by presenting information on the display screen of the workstation,
- said printer driver being laid out for implementing a method for selecting a folding program for a job to be carried out on a folding system, the job being provided with a job specification, said method comprising the steps of:
- calculating a fold program and an associated fold configuration based on the job specification, resulting in a set of configuration properties;
- evaluating the fold program to check whether the associated fold configuration properties satisfy a set of configuration conditions;
- associating at least one configuration condition with one of a panel width and a legend position;
- modifying the fold program of an associated fold configuration, having fold configuration properties which do not satisfy the set of configuration conditions, into a modified fold program such that the modified fold program and the associated modified fold configuration, having modified configuration properties, satisfy the set of configuration conditions;
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- displaying a visual representation of the calculated fold configuration via a display device.
A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer code for implementing a method for selecting a folding program for a job to be carded out on a folding system when executed in a computer, the job being provided with a job specification, said method comprising the steps of:
- calculating a fold program and an associated fold configuration based on the job specification, resulting in a set of configuration properties;
- evaluating the fold program to check whether the associated fold configuration properties satisfy a set of configuration conditions;
- associating at least one configuration condition with one of a panel width and a legend position;
- modifying the fold program of an associated fold configuration, having fold configuration properties which do not satisfy the set of configuration conditions, into a modified fold program such that the modified fold program and the associated modified fold configuration, having modified configuration properties, satisfy the set of configuration conditions;
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- displaying a visual representation of the calculated fold configuration via a display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.