Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Arne D Thormodsen

Diane R Hammerstad

Kevin G Currans

Kenneth H Bronstein

John V Peterson

Steve Morris

Phyllis A Ellendman

A method for providing a print job manifest includes querying a press database containing data corresponding to print jobs recorded on a web. A print job manifest is generated according to the press database. The print job manifest is recorded on the web so that at least a portion of the manifest is located generally adjacent to a loose end of the web when the web is wound to form a roll.

Print job manifest

Disclosed are a picture book template and a system and a method for making the same. The picture book template includes a picture book cutout that is cut and folded according to directions to create a picture book. The picture book cutout has a number of pages. The pages are defined by a number of identifier lines. The picture book template also includes a region that includes assembly instructions with a graphical depiction of an assembly of the picture book from the picture book cutout. The graphical depiction shows the identifier lines to aid in the assembly of the picture book. There is a correspondence between respective identifier lines in the picture book cutout and in the graphical depiction. The correspondence is indicated, for example, by creating the corresponding identifier lines with a predefined color or type of line.

Picture book template and system and method for creating the same

A poster generation system and method includes interaction between a publishing server and a client, for example including interaction via a global computer network, to generate a poster. The publishing server provides interfaces to allow a user of the client, via the network, to select a poster template, populate the template with multiple images to be incorporated into the poster, manipulate the images within copy holes of the poster, and request a preview image of at least part of the poster. The publishing server is able to generate the preview image and forward it to the client via the network.

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Corvallis, OR, United States of America

Arne D Thormodsen