Global Patent Index - EP 1257967 A2

EP 1257967 A2 20021120 - IMAGING DOCUMENTS HAVING STATIC CONTENT AND VARIABLE DATA

Title (en)

IMAGING DOCUMENTS HAVING STATIC CONTENT AND VARIABLE DATA

Title (de)

DARSTELLUNG VON DOKUMENTEN MIT STATISCHEM INHALT UND VARIABLEN DATEN

Title (fr)

IMAGERIE DE DOCUMENT A CONTENU STATIQUE ET A DONNEES VARIABLES

Publication

EP 1257967 A2 20021120 (EN)

Application

EP 01910419 A 20010206

Priority

  • US 0103664 W 20010206
  • US 50127000 A 20000209

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0159696A2] In the production of variable documents, front end software is utilized in a method and apparatus that have a number of advantages in viewing and aiding in the configuration of a variable print job. Variable data is defined in the PDF format which enables variable content to be created and stored above static content. The user can model data bases, position frames, set properties, store states, combine states with logic, and preview merge content. Pages may be repositioned on press sheets specific to supported plant devices, including particular imaging devices. A document may be saved as a .ps file and converted to a .pdf layout. The .pdf layout may then be opened to add at least one of variable paragraphs, variable tags, and variable resources (such as TIFF images, PDF images, and entire PDF pages), and also opened to create an imposition file. A different imposition file can be created from the same .pdf layout so as to image the variable document with different imaging devices.

IPC 1-7

G06K 15/00

IPC 8 full level

B41J 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

G06F 40/10 (2020.01 - EP); G06F 40/103 (2020.01 - EP); G06F 40/151 (2020.01 - EP); G06K 15/00 (2013.01 - EP KR); G06K 2215/0014 (2013.01 - EP); G06K 2215/0065 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0159696A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0159696 A2 20010816; WO 0159696 A3 20020829; AU 3802601 A 20010820; BR 0108067 A 20040106; CA 2396881 A1 20010816; CN 1398378 A 20030219; EP 1257967 A2 20021120; JP 2003523022 A 20030729; KR 20020081315 A 20021026; MX PA02007692 A 20021011

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0103664 W 20010206; AU 3802601 A 20010206; BR 0108067 A 20010206; CA 2396881 A 20010206; CN 01804827 A 20010206; EP 01910419 A 20010206; JP 2001558944 A 20010206; KR 20027010356 A 20020809; MX PA02007692 A 20020809