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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1993
Hanan Yosefi, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Scitex Corporation Ltd., , IL;
Abstract
A system and method for artwork design and production which an artwork preparation administrator and a plurality of operation units each of which performs at least one of a multiplicity of different artwork preparation tasks. The administrator includes a workflow manager and a workflow definition unit for managing the production of a user-defined workflow having a multiplicity of artwork preparation tasks. The workflow manager includes a) apparatus for initiating operation of selected operation units, b) apparatus for receiving and processing task information from the selected operation units when they perform one of the artwork preparation tasks and c) apparatus for producing a process list. The process list includes processed task information from at least one of the artwork preparation tasks and is ordered in accordance with a portion of the workflow which has at least one artwork preparation task therein.