# US 9,517,653 B2 · Information processing for executing pre-press and press processes

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- Number: US 9,517,653 B2
- Document ID: US9517653B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/975,088
- Filed: 2013-08-23
- Published: 2014-03-06
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2012-09-05
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Junko Sato
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517653B2

## CPC

- B42C 11/04: Machines or equipment for casing-in or applying covers to books (B42C11/06 takes precedence)
- G06F 3/1205: {resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets}
- G06F 3/125: {Page layout or assigning input pages onto output media, e.g. imposition}
- G06F 3/1253: {Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client}
- G06F 3/1282: {High volume printer device}
- G06F 3/1264: {by assigning post-processing resources}
- B42C: BOOKBINDING (cutting or perforating machines, devices or tools B26; folding sheets or webs B31F; ornamenting books B44)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

When two or more post-processing devices are designated for a print job, two or more attribute values (finished size, imposition method, finishing, etc.) of each print attributes which can be set for the print job are allowed to set. When two or more finished size attribute values are set, finished pages having a size smaller than a given finished size and register marks are sequentially laid out in a finished page having the given finished size in a nested manner.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a storage which stores document data comprising a plurality of pages;
a processor, configured to
display a designation window for receiving a designation of nesting imposition which nests a page of a first finished size in a page of a second finished size larger than the first finished size;
receive the designation of nesting imposition via the designation window;
perform the nesting imposition to create imposition data using the plurality of pages so that, in the imposition data, a plurality of laid-out pages each of which has the first finished size is included in an imposed page of the second finished size, wherein the laid-out page is imposed so as to include an offcut region;
generate print data using the imposition data created by the nesting imposition; and
transmit the generated print data to a printer,
wherein printed material printed based on the print data is cut based on the second finished size, and then cut based on the first finished size.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine the first finished size, the second finished size and the offcut width.

### Claim 3

An information processing method using a processor and a storage which stores document data comprising a plurality of pages, comprising:
displaying a designation window for receiving a designation of nesting imposition which nests a page of a first finished size in a page of a second finished size larger than the first finished size;
receiving the designation of nesting imposition via the designation window;
performing the nesting imposition to create imposition data using the plurality of pages so that, in the imposition data, a plurality of laid-out pages each of which has the first finished size is included in an imposed page of the second finished size, wherein the laid-out page is imposed so as to include an offcut region;
generating print data using the imposition data created by the nesting imposition; and
transmitting the generated print data to a printer,
wherein printed material printed based on the print data is cut based on the second finished size, and then cut based on the first finished size.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, further comprising:
determining the first finished size, the second finished size and the offcut width.

### Claim 5

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer-readable program which when implemented causes a computer to execute an information processing method using a storage storing document data comprising a plurality of pages, the method comprising:
displaying a designation window for receiving a designation of nesting imposition which nests a page of a first finished size in a page of a second finished size larger than the first finished size;
receiving the designation of nesting imposition via the designation window;
performing the nesting imposition to create imposition data using the plurality of pages so that, in the imposition data, a plurality of laid-out pages each of which has the first finished size is included in an imposed page of the second finished size, wherein the laid-out page is imposed so as to include an offcut region;
generating print data using the imposition data created by the nesting imposition; and
transmitting the generated print data to a printer,
wherein printed material printed based on the print data is cut based on the second finished size, and then cut based on the first finished size.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:
determining the first finished size, the second finished size and the offcut width.