Apparatus and techniques for computerized printing
US5875288A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 4, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2215/0094
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An integrated computerized system for use in color printing having at least one digital representation of a color characteristic of at least one page to be printed and a digital storage memory for storing the digital representation. An imposition apparatus is connected to the storage memory to receive the digital representation and arrange the digital representation in accordance with a desired plate layout, thereby to define a plate image. A press set-up device extracts from the plate image the color characteristic and provides ink flow set-up data to a printing press in accordance with the extracted color characteristic.
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