Information Processing Apparatus Standardizing Print Quality Data Formats
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Solution Overview
Problem
The commercial printing industry faces inefficiencies in managing quality requirements and reports due to the lack of a unified information format, leading to increased work hours and complexity in processing customer orders with varied specifications and quality demands.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that receives and interprets quality request data, generates job information for quality adjustment, and enters it into the production system using standardized data formats (PRX and PQX), automating the production process and improving workflow efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual processing methods are used for quality requirements and reports, then flexibility in handling diverse customer specifications is maintained, but work hours and processing complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (quality requirements management system) that acts as a mediator between customers and printing companies. This system uses standardized data formats (PRX and PQX) to translate and exchange quality requirements and reports, automating the processing workflow while maintaining flexibility for diverse specifications through structured data fields and parameters.
2Productivity
If standardized data formats are implemented for quality requirements and reports, then workflow efficiency and automation are improved, but adaptability to handle diverse customer specifications may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates universal data formats (PRX for print requirements exchange and PQX for print quality exchange) that can handle multiple types of quality specifications through standardized fields. These formats are designed to be multi-functional, accommodating various customer requirements (color accuracy, binding quality, paper specifications, etc.) within a unified structure, thus achieving both standardization and adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple information formats are used for different customers and specifications, then customer-specific requirements can be met, but data exchange complexity and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent promotes homogeneity by establishing uniform data formats (PRX and PQX) for exchanging quality requirements and reports. Instead of using different formats for different customers, the system standardizes the data structure, fields, and semantics across all transactions. This homogeneous approach reduces data exchange complexity and processing time while maintaining the ability to represent diverse customer specifications through the standardized framework.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes at least one memory that stores instructions, and at least one processor that causes, by performing the instructions, the information processing apparatus to receive, via a network from an order-receiving system, received-order data including quality request data, interpret the received quality request data, generate a job including information used in quality adjustment to be performed by a production system, based on the interpretation result, and enter the job into the production system. The job including quality request data of a data format is generated, where the data format is different from a data format of the received quality request data and is according to the production system.