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US6012070A
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Digital design station procedure
Assignee: High Quality Printing Inventions LLC
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Filing: 1996-11-15
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Granted: 2000-01-04
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Expires: 2016-11-15
Abstract
Abstract A customized business form or brochure having high resolution color graphics may be created by an end user without layout experience at a computer terminal at a user site to provide a customized business form or brochure in electronic format. Low resolution graphics templates (as well as textual templates) are provided at the user station to facilitate production of the customized business form and brochure and once the created document in electronic format is saved at the user station it may be electronically or otherwise transmitted to a printing installation without the necessity of transmitting a final document with high resolution color graphics in physical form. At the printing installation a physical copy (e.g. paper copy) of the business form or brochure is imaged (e.g. with a printing press or using ion deposition or other non-impact imaging techniques) with high resolution color graphics. Multiple customized business forms or brochures may be collected from a plurality of user stations and transmitted collectively to the printing installation, and multiple and distinct graphic depictions may be provided on the same document page.
Inventors
- 👤 Mai-Ing L. Cheng
- 👤 Paul Coniglio
- 👤 Donna Yarwood
- 👤 Larry Chism
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 23:02
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T11/00; G06T11/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
223 words
A method of producing customized business forms or brochures using a plurality of low resolution graphics templates in electronic form, and a plurality of text templates, using a user station including a video monitor, selection device, and processor, comprising the steps of: (a) at the user station, using the selection device to control the processor, selecting one or more low resolution graphics templates in electronic form from the plurality of templates, and displaying graphics corresponding to the graphic templates selected on the video monitor; (b) using the selection device selecting text related to the graphics selected from the text templates, and displaying the text corresponding to the text template or templates selected on the video monitor with the selected graphics to provide a customized business form or brochure in electronic format; (c) using the selection device and processor electronically saving the customized business form or brochure in electronic format; (d) transmitting the saved customized business form or brochure in electronic format to a printing installation without transmitting a document, physical graphics, or templates from the user station; and (e) at the printing installation imaging a physical copy of the customized business form or brochure in electronic format transmitted in step (d), the customized business form or brochure in physical form having high resolution graphics corresponding to the template graphics selected in step (a).
Claim 2
Independent Claim
223 words
A method of producing customized business forms or brochures using a plurality of low resolution graphics templates in electronic form, and a plurality of text templates, using a user station including a video monitor, selection device, and processor, comprising the steps of: (a) at the user station, using the selection device to control the processor, selecting one or more low resolution graphics templates in electronic form from the plurality of templates, and displaying graphics corresponding to the graphic templates selected on the video monitor; (b) using the selection device selecting text related to the graphics selected from the text templates, and displaying the text corresponding to the text template or templates selected on the video monitor with the selected graphics to provide a customized business form or brochure in electronic format; (c) using the selection device and processor electronically saving the customized business form or brochure in electronic format; (d) transmitting the saved customized business form or brochure in electronic format to a printing installation without transmitting a document, physical graphics, or templates from the user station; and (e) at the printing installation imaging a physical copy of the customized business form or brochure in electronic format transmitted in step (d), the customized business form or brochure in physical form having high resolution graphics corresponding to the template graphics selected in step (a).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method as recited in claim 1 wherein step (d) is practiced electronically over phone lines.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
A method as recited in claim 1 comprising the further steps, between steps (c) and (d), of collecting multiple customized business forms or brochures in electronic format from a plurality of different user stations and assigning identifying indicia to each; and wherein step (d) is practiced by transmitting all of the collected customized business forms or brochures together.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method as recited in claim 1 comprising the further step of inputting order information into the video monitor, and transmitting the order information, with the customized business form or brochure in digital format, in the practice of step (d).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as recited in claim 1 wherein step (c) is practiced to save the electronic format onto a disc, and step (d) is practiced by physically transmitting the disc.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
58 words
A method as recited in claim 5 comprising the further steps, between steps (c) and (d), of collecting multiple customized business forms or brochures in electronic format from a plurality of different user stations and assigning identifying indicia to each; and wherein step (d) is practiced by transmitting all of the collected customized business forms or brochures together.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as recited in claim 1 wherein step (e) is practiced so as to print the high resolution graphics in color.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as recited in claim 3 wherein step (e) is practiced so as to print the high resolution graphics in color.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method as recited in claim 7 wherein the text templates include price templates, and wherein step (b) is practiced to select at least one price template.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
58 words
A method as recited in claim 9 wherein at least one of the graphic templates includes multiple and distinct graphic depictions; and wherein step (a) is practiced to select a graphics template with multiple and distinct graphic depictions, and wherein step (b) is practiced to select a price template for each of at least two different graphic depictions.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method as recited in claim 1 wherein the text templates include price templates, and wherein step (b) is practiced to select at least one price template.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
58 words
A method as recited in claim 11 wherein at least one of the graphic templates includes multiple and distinct graphic depictions; and wherein step (a) is practiced to select a graphics template with multiple and distinct graphic depictions, and wherein step (b) is practiced to select a price template for each of at least two different graphic depictions.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method as recited in claim 1 wherein the customized business form or brochure to be produced has multiple pages, and wherein steps (a)-(c) are practiced for each of a plurality of the multiple pages, and the multiple pages produced are transmitted together in the practice of step (d).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method as recited in claim 7 wherein the customized business form or brochure to be produced has multiple pages, and wherein steps (a)-(c) are practiced for each of a plurality of the multiple pages, and the multiple pages produced are transmitted together in the practice of step (d).
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method as recited in claim 14 wherein step (d) is practiced electronically over phone lines.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method as recited in claim 1 comprising the further step (f) of inputting further, variable, textual data onto the screen during the practice of step (b), the further textual data saved during the practice of step (c) in electronic format as part of the customized business form or brochure.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as recited in claim 16 wherein step (f) is practiced using a keyboard.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as recited in claim 17 wherein the selecting device includes a mouse, and wherein steps (a)-(c) are practiced using the mouse.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method as recited in claim 18 wherein step (d) is practiced electronically and initiated by using the mouse.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
188 words
A method of producing customized business forms or brochures using a plurality of low resolution graphics templates in electronic form at a user station including a video monitor, selection device, and processor, said method comprising the steps of: (a) at the user station, using the selection device to control the processor, selecting one or more low resolution graphics templates in electronic form from the plurality of templates, and displaying graphics corresponding to the graphic templates selected on the video monitor, to provide a customized business form or brochure in electronic format; (b) using the selection device and processor electronically saving the customized business form or brochure in electronic format; (c) electronically transmitting the saved customized business form or brochure in electronic format over phone lines to a printing installation, without transmitting a document, physical graphics, or templates from the user station; and (d) at the printing installation imaging a physical copy of the customized business form or brochure in electronic format transmitted in step (c), the customized business form or brochure in physical form having high resolution color graphics corresponding to the template graphics selected in step (a).
Claim 22
Independent Claim
188 words
A method of producing customized business forms or brochures using a plurality of low resolution graphics templates in electronic form at a user station including a video monitor, selection device, and processor, said method comprising the steps of: (a) at the user station, using the selection device to control the processor, selecting one or more low resolution graphics templates in electronic form from the plurality of templates, and displaying graphics corresponding to the graphic templates selected on the video monitor, to provide a customized business form or brochure in electronic format; (b) using the selection device and processor electronically saving the customized business form or brochure in electronic format; (c) electronically transmitting the saved customized business form or brochure in electronic format over phone lines to a printing installation, without transmitting a document, physical graphics, or templates from the user station; and (d) at the printing installation imaging a physical copy of the customized business form or brochure in electronic format transmitted in step (c), the customized business form or brochure in physical form having high resolution color graphics corresponding to the template graphics selected in step (a).
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