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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Jeremy C. Catt, Windham, MA (US);
Jeanne Lucivero, Burlington, MA (US);
Frank P. White, Woburn, MA (US);
Jeremy C. Catt, Windham, MA (US);
Jeanne Lucivero, Burlington, MA (US);
Frank P. White, Woburn, MA (US);
Agfa Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
A print drive is present in an electronic pre-press workflow that includes a raster image processor ('RIP') and an output device to receive, store, combine and transmit raster data processed by the raster image processor. A prepress imposition scheme is created at the front end and processed by the RIP. Prepress imposition parameters are used to generate a press sheet template image, which is transmitted to the print drive. The print drive is capable of applying the press sheet template to page raster data on demand to form a multi-page press sheet assembly so that raster images of individual pages remain independent. Among other benefits, this improves electronic prepress workflow by eliminating the need to generate combined raster images of multi-page press sheets to correct or modify a portion of the assembly.