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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Applications
- Sprachen: English
- Document Number: 20080079976
- Publication Date: April 3, 2008
- Appl. No: 11/542366
- Application Filed: October 03, 2006
- Claim: 1. In a digital print production environment providing access to a display in the form of a user interface able to select job content processing options, a method for enabling adaptive print job content processing as a function of the PDL content, the method comprising: receiving a print job in at least one electronic format file, wherein said print job does not include supplementary information; analyzing said at least one electronic format file; structuring job programming options depending on said analyzed electronic format file, wherein said job program options include at least one member selected from the group comprising at least one parameter, at least one parameter value, and parameter selectability; presenting said job programming options on the user interface for review by an operator; determining whether said operator has indicated a modification to said at least one parameter value; adjusting said at least one parameter value for said print job if said operator has indicated a modification to said at least one parameter value; and processing said electronic format files according to said adjusted processing parameters.
- Claim: 2. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the file content according to claim 1, wherein analyzing said electronic format files includes selecting at least one member from the group comprising identifying spot colors present in said electronic format files, identifying required and embedded resources including fonts, the color spaces and profiles used, identifying the inks used, identifying the images and their format and resolution, identifying the imposition scheme of the file, determining the trapping status and trap parameters, identifying printing and/or finishing marks, identifying variable data content, identifying the number of variable data records, and identifying the file format types.
- Claim: 3. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the file content according to claim 1, wherein processing comprises color processing or non-color processing.
- Claim: 4. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic files content according to claim 1, wherein processing said electronic format files for color processing includes at least one member selected from the group comprising RGB color processing of said print job, CMYK color processing of said print job, spot color processing of said print job, gray color processing, CIE color processing of said print job, and color correction of said print job.
- Claim: 5. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic files content according to claim 1, wherein processing said electronic format files for non-color processing includes at least one member selected from the group comprising imposing said print job, de-imposing said print job, adding printing or finishing marks, ripping said print job, trapping said print job, selecting page or record ranges, embedding or outlining fonts, resealing parts of said print job or the entire print job, applying anti-aliasing, applying object decomposition, flattening, screening, and viewing.
- Claim: 6. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 1, wherein processing includes at least one member selected from the group comprising printing, finishing, or shipping meta data.
- Claim: 7. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 6, wherein said meta data includes process control marks.
- Claim: 8. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 1, wherein structuring said job programming options further comprises providing multi-ink raster output.
- Claim: 9. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 1, wherein adjusting the processing parameters includes utilizing knowledge of inks intended to be used on a production press and the overprint and transparency setting for each object.
- Claim: 10. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 1, wherein adjusting the processing parameters includes transforming a flattened N colorant output to the digital press color space, wherein said digital press color space may be a CMYK color space, or an N ink color space.
- Claim: 11. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 1, wherein adjusting the processing parameters further comprises indicating the number of intended non-digital press output inks on the user interface.
- Claim: 12. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 1, wherein adjusting the processing parameters includes structuring a file with color management instructions and providing it to an output device.
- Claim: 13. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 1, further comprising presenting the spot colors identified in said job on the user interface with options for printing and finishing.
- Claim: 14. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 13, wherein said options include indicating whether an ink is intended to be used as a real ink on a non-digital production press or whether the spot ink is intended to convey a design color.
- Claim: 15. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 14, wherein said options include identifying objects defined as overprinting underlying objects.
- Claim: 16. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 1, further comprising disabling user interface printing and finishing options that are not relevant for said electronic file in process.
- Claim: 17. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 1, further comprising a communication capability to communicate printing press capabilities to the user interface.
- Claim: 18. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 17, wherein said job programming options depend on said printing press capabilities.
- Claim: 19. The method for enabling print job content processing options as a function of the electronic file content according to claim 17, wherein said job processing depends on said printing press capabilities.
- Claim: 20. A controller in a digital print production environment providing access to a display in the form of a user interface able to select job content processing options for enabling adaptive print job content processing as a function of the electronic file content, the controller comprising: means for receiving a print job in at least one electronic format file, wherein said print job does not include supplementary information; means for analyzing said at least one electronic format file; means for structuring job programming options depending on said analyzed at least one electronic format file, wherein said job program options include at least one member selected from the group comprising at least one parameter, at least one parameter value, and parameter selectability; means for presenting said job programming options on the user interface for review by an operator; determining whether said operator has indicated a modification to said at least one parameter value; means for adjusting said at least one parameter value for said print job if said operator has indicated a modification to said at least one parameter value; and means for processing said electronic format files according to said adjusted processing parameters.
- Claim: 21. A computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium which, when said program code is executed by a computer causes said computer to perform method steps for enabling adaptive print job content processing as a function of the electronic file content in a print production environment providing access to a display in the form of a user interface able to select job content processing options, the method comprising: receiving a print job in at least one electronic format file, wherein said print job does not include supplementary information; analyzing said at least one electronic format file; structuring job programming options depending on said analyzed electronic format file, wherein said job program options include at least one member selected from the group comprising at least one parameter, at least one parameter value, and parameter selectability; presenting said job programming options on the user interface for review by an operator; determining whether said operator has indicated a modification to said at least one parameter value; adjusting said at least one parameter value for said print job if said operator has indicated a modification to said at least one parameter value; and processing said electronic format files according to said adjusted processing parameters.
- Current U.S. Class: 358/113
- Current International Class: 06
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