US20040194033A1
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Late binding of stamped page content in a production document workflow
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 2004-03-01
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2024-03-01
Abstract
Abstract A flexible process for printing content on designated pages wherein, content is placed on designated pages of a document by the inclusion of a flag, tag, marker or variable early in the workflow process to indicate those pages are going to contain a specific content type. The invention provides information to place content on pages early in the production workflow process by placement of flags, tags, markers or variables in the form of computer readable indicia that can readily be identified by a program module to perform the late binding of the content late in the printing stage.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert Holzwarth
- 👤 Karl Kremer
- 👤 Karl Schultz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 20:37
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/103
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
78 words
1 . A printing system for placing content within a document comprising: a computational element coupled to a user interface; a routine, within the computational element, that allows entry of a computer readable indicia into an electronic version of the document for a specific type of content that is to be applied to a set of pages within the document; and a module within the computational element that applies the specific set content to the set of pages.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
78 words
1 . A printing system for placing content within a document comprising: a computational element coupled to a user interface; a routine, within the computational element, that allows entry of a computer readable indicia into an electronic version of the document for a specific type of content that is to be applied to a set of pages within the document; and a module within the computational element that applies the specific set content to the set of pages.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
2 . The printing system of claim 1 , wherein the computer readable indicia further comprises either a flag, a tag, a marker or a variable that is placed into the electronic version of the document to indicate which of the set of pages are to receive the specific type of content.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
3 . The printing system of claim 2 wherein the flag, a tag, a marker or a variable is placed on every piece of media within the document.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
4 . The printing system of claim 3 , wherein the set of pages further comprises a subset of all pages within the document.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
5 . The printing system of claim 4 , wherein the specific type of content further comprises a page number.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
6 . The printing system of claim 5 , wherein the specific type of content further comprises the placement of the page number on each page from the document.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
7 . The printing system of claim 5 , wherein the specific content further comprises a font type for the page number.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
8 . The printing system of claim 4 , wherein the specific type of content further comprises either a graphic, a header, a footer or a watermark.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
9 . The printing system of claim 1 , wherein the routine allows entry of the indicia to indicate which pages of a least one set of pre-collated media are to receive the specific content.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
46 words
10 . The printing system of claim 9 , wherein the module further comprises a determination of pages that will receive the specific content, and the determination of pages including multiple iterations by the routine that adds new pages to the electronic version of the document.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
78 words
11 . A method for placing content within a document comprising the steps of: providing a print job for a document defined by an electronic format; entering into the electronic format a computer readable indicia that identifies a specific type of content and a set of pages on which the specific type of content is to be placed, and processing the electronic format by interpreting the computer readable indicia as it applies for each page within the document.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
78 words
11 . A method for placing content within a document comprising the steps of: providing a print job for a document defined by an electronic format; entering into the electronic format a computer readable indicia that identifies a specific type of content and a set of pages on which the specific type of content is to be placed, and processing the electronic format by interpreting the computer readable indicia as it applies for each page within the document.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of entering further comprises placing either a flag, tag, marker or a variable as the computer readable indicia on each page of the electronic format.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of processing further comprises selecting the set pages that the specific type of content is to be placed on.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of entering further comprises the step of iteratively editing the electronic version of the document to include at least one different media type played with the computer readable indicia.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
43 words
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the step of processing further comprises responding to the step of iteratively editing to place the specific content on pages in accordance with the indicia that has been placed on the different media types.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of providing further comprises electronic format being a graphical language.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the step of providing further comprises the graphical language being PDF.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
103 words
18 . A method for placing content within a document comprising the steps of: providing a print job for a document defined by an electronic format; entering into the electronic format a computer readable indicia that identifies a specific type of content and a set of pages on which the specific type of content is to be placed, and processing the electronic format by interpreting the computer readable indicia as it applies for each page within the document; altering the computer readable indicia; and, processing the electronic format by interpreting the computer readable indicia as it applies for each page within the document.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
103 words
18 . A method for placing content within a document comprising the steps of: providing a print job for a document defined by an electronic format; entering into the electronic format a computer readable indicia that identifies a specific type of content and a set of pages on which the specific type of content is to be placed, and processing the electronic format by interpreting the computer readable indicia as it applies for each page within the document; altering the computer readable indicia; and, processing the electronic format by interpreting the computer readable indicia as it applies for each page within the document.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein altering comprises removing content from certain pages.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
22 words
20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein altering comprises removing page numbers and the processing comprises recalculating the page numbers.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
15 words
21 . The method of claim 18 , wherein processing comprises recalculating the page numbers.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
15 words
22 . The method of claim 18 , wherein processing comprises not printing page content.
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