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System and method for representing and managing pages in a production printing workflow

US7003723B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 17, 2000
Grant dateFeb 21, 2006
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/10
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for managing production printing workflow is disclosed. The system includes workflow management software which manages and facilitates the procedural stages of the workflow including job origination, job preparation, job submission and job fulfillment. The workflow management software provides an integrated object oriented interface which visually reflects and interacts with the workflow. The software further provides functionality for efficient page level modifications to documents at the job preparation stage. This functionality allows such modifications to be easily made to selected pages, shared among different documents, and collected into standardized libraries.

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