97 results about "Variable data printing" patented technology

A method and system automatically obtain user page data from at least one social networking site, using at least one computerized device and automatically monitor the social networking site using the computerized device to detect an event. Upon the detection of an event, the method and system automatically identify a variable information document from a repository based on the topical content of the event using the computerized device. The method and system automatically select data from the user page data that matches the topical content of the event using the computerized device; automatically generate a variable data print instance by combining the images and text from the user page with the variable information document using the computerized device; and automatically output the variable data print instance to a user of the social networking site using the computerized device.

A method and system for selective reprint of individual records in a variable data printing operation in which a variable data print job defined by an original digital document having a plurality of records to be printed is provided to the printing device (2). The variable data print job is run on the printing device (2) and the printed documents are examined to select records to reprint. A parameter (64) that identifies the records to reprint is determined and applied to the original digital document (50) using a data transformation engine (60). The data transformation engine (60) transforms the original digital document (50) into a new (70) or revised (50′) digital document including the records to reprint and provides the print job defined by the new (70) or revised (50′) digital document to the printing device (2) for selective reprint. The digital document (50) is an electronic file having a digital content component (51) encoded in PDF format, and a digital markup file component (52) specified using XML. The data transformation engine (60) applies a data transform to the digital markup file (52) based on XSLT.

A method and apparatus for preparing a Variable Data Print job for printing, having a plurality of documents that are to be printed wherein, each of the documents are defined by variant elements related to content, layout and product intent. Groups are created and defined by a commonality of variants within the document relating to layout and product intent. At least one parameter that relates to the variants is used as a selection criteria to form a plurality of sub-groups. The sub-groups are then arranged for printing according to the form of selection criteria.

Digital watermarking is adapted for the variable data printing. A reference signal serves as a proxy for optimizing the embedding a watermark in a host image to be printed. Using the reference signal, embedding parameters are generated, which are a function of constraints such as visual quality and robustness of the machine readable data. Adjustments needed to embed a unique payload in each printed piece are generated using the embedding parameters. These adjustments are stored in a manner that enables them to be efficiently obtained and applied within the RIP or press during operation of the press. Various other methods, system configurations and applications are also detailed.

A method, system, and program product for printing comprising the steps of: receiving a print designation to print a document; receiving a description of graphics contained in the document; obtaining one of the graphics; determining if a preprocessed form of the graphic is available for reuse, and if so, retrieving the processed data therefor from preprocessed graphics storage; and formulating a print job.

This invention provides a layout decision method, apparatus, and program which can preferably hide a container by performing masking corresponding to a template whose layout is decided in accordance with the size of contents pasted within the container in variable data printing. For this purpose, data are inserted into a plurality of flexible containers (2201, 2202) set in a page to be formed on a print medium. The layout is adjusted at the size of a partial area suitable to draw data to be inserted into the partial area. It is determined whether masking is set for each of the layout-adjusted containers. For the container (2202) having the masking setting, a mask area equal in size to the container is created to cover the container (2202).

Systems for performing variable data printing are provided. An exemplary system includes a dynamic variable data print (VDP) workflow system operative to receive information corresponding to independent portions of a VDP campaign. The VDP campaign includes a design portion, a rules portion and a variable data portion. The dynamic VDP workflow system is also operative to combine the information received to form a Personalized Print Markup Language Template (PPMLT) print job. Methods also are provided.

The present invention provides a layout adjustment method and an apparatus and a program for the same for allowing a size and a layout of a sub-template to be preferably set and an intention of a user who performs the layout to be better reflected according to the size of contents to be affixed in the sub-template in variable data print. The plurality of partial areas, to which data is to be inserted, are linked and work together to calculate their appropriate sizes on the basis of the size of the data to be inserted. Then, a layout representing sizes and locations of the plurality of partial areas in a page is adjusted on the basis of relationship between a size of each calculated partial area and links set for the plurality of partial areas in the basic layout. Each of the partial areas further includes a plurality of smaller areas, which are linked so that the plurality of smaller areas work together to make their sizes variable to make sizes of said partial areas variable.

The invention discloses an improved variable-data printing template realization device, which comprises a template file generation device and a template file analysis device. The template file generation device comprises a layout manager unit, a layout container unit, a drawing unit and a file generator unit, and the template file analysis device comprises a template file analyzer unit, a layout manager unit, a drawing unit, a layout container unit, a script grammar analyzer unit and a printer command generator unit. Template files can be stored to facilitate later repeated use and save later typesetting operation. Copying, reading and modifying can be facilitated, and resource sharing of the template files can also be facilitated. In addition, the invention further provides an application method for the improved variable-data printing template realization device.

A method for producing a document suitable for mailing to a recipient including the steps of determining preferences of the mail recipient and compiling a selection of messages relating to recipient preferences in a format accommodating variable data printing. The compilation of messages is printed on sheets of material which are arranged to form a multi-sheet stack. The stack is then bound along an edge to produce a personalized information package such as a catalog, coupon booklet, brochure or magazine suitable for mailing. The binding step may be performed by deformation binding to eliminate the use of consumable binding materials such as glue, staples, clips, etc.

A method, system and a computer program product for generating a variable-data printing document template, from a variant/template comprising a layout of document portions, at least one of the document portions comprising a variable portion containing content which is variable, and a base template comprising a layout of document portions, at least one of the document portions comprising the variant. The document template defines multiple document versions, with each document version being selectable in response to input selection data. There is provided a way of production of variable-data publishing (VDP) documents for Digital Publishing (DP) that rely upon complex document designs containing dynamic themes at multiple levels of hierarchy. Such hierarchical use of themes makes it easier to obtain sophisticated document templates from more simple templates that can be managed at design time.

The invention provides a page lattice storage method for variable data printing and a device adopting the same. The method comprises the following steps: each page lattice in a series of page lattices is broken down into a reusable page lattice block and a variable page lattice block, wherein the series of page lattices are formed by breaking down a variable data printing operation which is subject to rasterization of an RIP (Raster Image Processor); the reusable page lattice block and the variable page lattice block in each page lattice are described by XML (Extensible Markup Language) documents; the XML documents, one reusable page lattice block and all the variable page lattice blocks are stored. By adopting the page lattice storage method and the device adopting the same, which are provided by the invention, the storage method is flexible and easy to expand, the storage efficiency is high, and the method and the device are suitable for massive variable data printing systems.

A method of printing a document is disclosed: A format template file is generated by defining locations and sizes on a page of at least two copy holes into which a content element is to be inserted. A group object is created which incorporates the two copy holes by generating a hierarchical data structure which specifies an identifier for the group object and identifies each copy hole of which the group object is comprised. The group object is replicated on a page of the format template file. A merged file is created by merging the format template file, a style template file specifying a font for a text content element. Each content element is identified in respect of a copy hole. The merged file is rendered to create a bitmap. A print engine is operated in accordance with the bitmap to print a document.

A job management apparatus, which managing, by record, a job based on content data which includes designations associated with a content used in variable data print processing, and a job ticket corresponding to the content data, comprising: a metadata extraction unit which extracts metadata from the content data; a metadata classification unit which classifies the extracted metadata as control metadata used to control processes of the job, and as display metadata used to make a display associated with the job; and a generation unit which generates first information used to display, by record, the job using values of the display metadata.

A data processing apparatus allocates a page number in a record to each of a plurality of records of a variable data print job and performs a preflight check every page number. After that, the data processing apparatus extracts the records in which the same kind of (or same) problem has occurred in a page of the same page number from the records included in the variable data print job. The data processing apparatus calculates a ratio of the extracted records to all records having the page of the page number and presumes whether the problem relates to a master object or relates to a variable object according to the ratio. The data processing apparatus displays whether the problem in the page relates to the master object or relates to the variable object every page having the problem.

A method, system and a computer program product for generating and printing documents 100, 110, 120 from a variable-data printing document template 130 comprising a layout of document portions 150, at least one of the document portions 150 comprising a flow that contains content which is variable in response to input data 140. There is provided a way of expressing and treating a flow across copy-holes (document portions comprising variable content) in different pages, thus enabling the creation of complex document designs for variable-data publishing material used in Digital Publishing.

A printer according to the present invention includes a central processing unit (CPU) configured to be able to process variable data printing (VDP) data including reusable data which is repeatedly utilized in a plurality of pages, and variable data which is not repeatedly utilized, to generate a plurality of intermediate language data from the reusable data, according to a plurality of settings for color processing, and to select intermediate language data to be used when generating a bitmap image, from the plurality of intermediate language data generated by a generation unit, and a RIP unit configured to generate a bitmap image by performing RIP-processing on the selected intermediate language data.

An object of the present invention is to support the user to create VDP data and use the VDP data to appropriately set a color profile to every object contained in the VDP data for printing, thereby reducing the burden of the user. The present invention an information processing method comprising a color filter setting step of setting a color filter associating a color profile and an object for variable area of variable data printing based on a filtering rule and a color profile acquisition step of obtaining the color profile associated with the color filter.

A client personal computer having a hierarchical structure and processing a variable data printing (VDP) document to which metadata can be added includes a UI unit for receiving an instruction to mutually associate a layer of a template corresponding to the VDP document, a print setting editing unit for setting a print setting to the layer of the template according to the instruction, a job ticket output unit for outputting a job ticket including a correspondence relation between the print setting and the VDP document and the print setting, and a VDP job output unit for adding, to the print data, metadata for mutually associating the print setting described in the output job ticket and the layer of the VDP document corresponding to the layer of the template to which the print setting has been set.

The present invention discloses a variable data print method and device to achieve a variable data print plan with an simple operation, a high efficiency, a large volume of data processed and a moderate function. The method changes the variable data into a variable data source file with a unified format. The present method includes the following steps: a variable data source file and the variable data in the source file are selected. The descriptive information of the variable data in the source file is set. And a variable data descriptive file is generated out of the descriptive information and the designated page information to be printed. Based on the variable data descriptive file, an armed print file is generated and then printed out. The present invention applies to the variable data print.

The invention provides a variable data printing method, which comprises the following steps of: generating a file to be printed, and generating INX( Index) files of files to be printed with operation uniqueness identification ID; and judging whether repeat printing exists in the files to be printed or not according to data information and the INX files in an operation information data base. Through the method and the device, the problem that false execution of the repeat printing during the conventional variable data printing is solved, and the incidence rate of production accidents can be reduced.

An improved account access system and device in which a portable electronic card may be loaded into a combined programming and printing system to be programmed with predetermined signals and imprinted with associated variable data. The predetermined and programmed signals may be representative of telephone numbers, account authorization numbers, or other data. The associated variable information to be printed may be textual such as name, account number or telephone number data or graphical, such as graphic designs or barcode images. The variable information may be printed or affixed to the portable electronic system using a wide variety of processes adapted to the needs of the end user. An improved assembly design for the portable electronic system and improved programming and imprinting system are particularly adapted to accommodate high volume production of many devices with different programming and imprinting requirements. Additional new programming techniques are also described.