#IMPOSITION STUDIO RENAME OUTPUT FILE SOFTWARE#

After the order is final, the printer must go through several additional steps before the order is printed. Steps 108-112 might be repeated several times until the customer approves the proof in step 114. The printer typesets the corrections in step 110 and sends the proof back to the customer in step 112. The proof is then sent back to the printer in step 108. The administrator then typically sends the proof to the employee for verification, and receives the returned proof with marked-up corrections. The printer typesets the information in step 104, and then sends back a proof to the administrator in step 106. This data then gets sent via telephone or facsimile to the printer as shown in step 102. Such data includes name, title, telephone and facsimile numbers, mobile telephone number, e-mail address, etc. In general, an administrator in an organization first collects data from the employee who desires the business cards. While the order might consist of any textual or graphical material, a business card example is used throughout to facilitate discussion. 1, a representative block diagram 100 is shown of certain steps that might be used to procure an order by a customer. For the majority of small to medium sized printers, the printing of business cards and stationery entails a time-consuming series of steps which generally must be repeated every time a new order is placed. These procedures carry with them certain inefficiencies and are often prone to error. The existing methods of procuring printed business materials are characterized by cumbersome and labor-intensive procedures. More specifically, the present invention relates to an automated technique for performing imposition of a computer file. The present invention relates generally to a computer system for quickly and consistently producing printed materials. 13, 1999, entitled вЂњSystem and File Structure for Consistent Visual Medium Materials.вЂќ FIELD OF THE INVENTION 10, 2000, which are hereby incorporated by reference.

#IMPOSITION STUDIO RENAME OUTPUT FILE SOFTWARE#

An imposition module (with hardcoded parameters) executes the software application Preps to perform imposition of the file and outputs the result. The processor service hands the job off to a hierarchy of processing services. The gateway service places the job in a queue which is monitored by a processor service. The client sends the parameters along with input and output files to a gateway service. A client application requests imposition of a file and pulls imposition parameters from an image logic information database.

Included within the system is an imposition subsystem. The plate file is sent to a raster image processor (RIP) which outputs a bitmap to be printed. Over the Internet the plate file is sent to a vendor computer.

A plater service accepts the Print Ready Files and outputs a plate file to a print vendor's ordering system. The file (unchanged) may be previewed or printed using internal flags and logic built-in to the PostScript language. The file is stored on an asset management file server. A state flag is associated with each element of the file, the flag having states such as preview, print, both, or none. The Print Ready File is compiled and all operations on the file can be completed via reference to the information contained therein. A Print Ready File is produced embodying the product to be printed. The system includes front-end customer setup and product setup modules available on a web server. An on-line automated printing system quickly produces consistent printed materials.

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