RIP Multi-screening Information Portability via XML Export
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Solution Overview
Problem
In prepress printing systems, multi-screening operations require special information that is not viewable or portable, leading to difficulties in maintaining information links between input data creation and output operations, necessitating complex and error-prone instruction linking processes.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus with a storage for screening information and an information generator that produces multi-screening information, which is then disclosed externally, allowing direct assignment of multi-screening operations from the input data creation process, improving efficiency and reducing errors by making this information portable and accessible across different systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multi-screening information is stored within the RIP system in an uncommon format, then the information can be managed by the system, but the information lacks portability and cannot be viewed outside the system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a portable copy of the multi-screening information in a standard format that can be viewed and edited outside the RIP system using common text editors, while the original information remains stored in the system's database. This allows the information to be transferred and viewed on different systems without losing accessibility or integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent separates the multi-screening information into two parts: the original system-internal storage format and a portable external format. This segmentation allows the information to serve dual purposes - maintaining system reliability through proper database storage while enabling portability through standard format export.
2Reliability
If multi-screening information is stored in a system-internal uncommon format, then the system can manage the information, but the information link between input data creation and output operation cannot be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
By creating portable copies of the multi-screening information in standard formats, the patent ensures that the information link between input data creation and output operation can be maintained across different systems and platforms, preventing information loss while the original system-internal storage maintains reliability.
3Ease of operation
If instruction linking is performed between input data creation and output operation, then multi-screening operations can be assigned, but the work amount increases and mistakes occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent eliminates the need for complex instruction linking by providing portable multi-screening information that can be directly used in input data creation. Users can copy the information from the RIP system to external files and reference them directly, significantly reducing work amount and minimizing mistakes while maintaining ease of operation.
Data Source
AI summary
A RIP system (100) includes a multi-screening information generator (102) for generating a multi-screening information file (Dms) which is an XML-format file containing information such as screen ruling, dot shape and screen angle, necessary for assigning a multi-screening operation, and discloses the multi-screening information file (Dms) to outside of the RIP system by storing in a shared disk or a flexible disk. On an input data creation process side, a client machine makes reference to the multi-screening information file (Dms), and thereby assign the multi-screening operation.