Print Job Content Management System for Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing customized versions of a printable work across multiple entities is logistically challenging, especially when common and customized content are printed using different processes, and ensuring consistency with corporate branding and requirements is difficult.
Innovation Solution
A method involving the creation of a content data file for a print job that includes a common and customizable portion, where users can associate customized content through a network-accessible form, with parameters ensuring authorized content, and separate printing processes for common and customized portions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple entities individually determine customized versions of a printable work, then customization capability is improved, but management complexity and logistical difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system comprising a server and database that mediates between multiple entities and the printing process. This intermediary manages customized content submissions, stores them in a database, and coordinates with the printing system, thereby reducing management complexity while preserving customization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the printable work into common content and customizable portions, and divides the printing process into separate printing passes. This segmentation allows different entities to contribute customized content without interfering with the overall management structure, resolving the contradiction between customization and management complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If common content and customized content are printed using separate printing processes, then printing flexibility is improved, but process complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple printing processes into an integrated printing system that handles both common and customized content. The system combines plate-based printing for common content with digital printing for customized portions, coordinating them through a unified control mechanism that reduces overall process complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-processing and separating common and customized content before printing. The system prepares content data files with designated areas for different printing processes, and pre-configures the printing parameters, thereby simplifying the actual printing execution despite the multi-process nature.
3Adaptability or versatility
If many entities are involved in determining customized content, then content diversity is improved, but ensuring accuracy and approval becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where submitted customized content is automatically validated against predefined criteria and guidelines. The system provides immediate feedback to entities regarding compliance with branding requirements and content accuracy, allowing for corrections before final approval, thus maintaining reliability while accepting diverse content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables entities to self-serve by providing them with access to templates, guidelines, and submission interfaces. The system automatically processes submissions, validates content against corporate branding requirements, and manages approvals, reducing the manual oversight burden while maintaining content accuracy through automated checks.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for producing a content data file for a desired print job including a plurality of customized versions of a printable work includes the step of receiving an electronic template of the printable work including a common portion and a customizable portion. A form accessible via a network is developed to allow each of a plurality of users to associate a corresponding customized content with the customizable portion via the network. The corresponding customized content together with the template defines a corresponding customized version of the printable work. A desired number of copies is associated with each customized version of the printable work, and the customized versions of the printable work and the corresponding desired number of copies are aggregated to produce a content data file for the desired print job.