Managing workflow in a commercial printing environment with high performance prepress rework at print service provider location
First Claim
1. A method of managing workflow in a commercial printing environment including a designer location and a print service provider location, said method comprising:
- creating a press ready file at the designer location using updated device configuration information from the print service provider location;
submitting said press ready file to the print service provider location via an electronic network;
performing a preflight check of said press ready file at the print service provider location to identify errors in said press ready file that would prevent it from being produced at the print service provider location as designed at the designer location and initiating correction of said errors to ensure production substantially as designed;
performing a prepress rework of said press ready file to address any changes in availability of production devices at the print service provider location after performance of the preflight check to ensure production substantially as designed; and
performing at least one of automated printing, finishing, packaging and shipping using said press ready file.
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Abstract
An integrated workflow for commercial printing with a prepress rework at the print service provider location. The present invention provides a method, program product and system for managing workflow in a commercial printing environment including a designer location and a print service provider location, where the method comprises creating a press ready file at the designer location using updated device configuration information from the print service provider location, submitting the press ready file to the print service provider location via an electronic network, performing a preflight check of the press ready file at the print service provider location to identify errors in the press ready file that would prevent it from being produced at the print service provider location as designed at the designer location and initiating correction of the errors to ensure production substantially as designed, performing a prepress rework of the press ready file to address any changes in availability of production devices at the print service provider location after performance of the preflight check to ensure production substantially as designed, and performing at least one of automated printing, finishing, packaging and shipping using the press ready file.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of managing workflow in a commercial printing environment including a designer location and a print service provider location, said method comprising:
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creating a press ready file at the designer location using updated device configuration information from the print service provider location;
submitting said press ready file to the print service provider location via an electronic network;
performing a preflight check of said press ready file at the print service provider location to identify errors in said press ready file that would prevent it from being produced at the print service provider location as designed at the designer location and initiating correction of said errors to ensure production substantially as designed;
performing a prepress rework of said press ready file to address any changes in availability of production devices at the print service provider location after performance of the preflight check to ensure production substantially as designed; and
performing at least one of automated printing, finishing, packaging and shipping using said press ready file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A program product for managing workflow in a commercial printing environment including a designer location and a print service provider location, said product comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, a machine to perform the following method steps:
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creating a press ready file at the designer location using updated device configuration information from the print service provider location;
submitting said press ready file to the print service provider location via an electronic network;
performing a preflight check of said press ready file at the print service provider location to identify errors in said press ready file that would prevent it from being produced at the print service provider location as designed at the designer location and initiating correction of said errors to ensure production substantially as designed;
performing a prepress rework of said press ready file to address any changes in availability of production devices at the print service provider location after performance of the preflight check to ensure production substantially as designed; and
performing at least one of automated printing, finishing, packaging and shipping using said press ready file. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for managing workflow in a commercial printing environment including a designer location and a print service provider location, said system comprising:
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means for creating a press ready file at the designer location using updated device configuration information from the print service provider location;
means for submitting said press ready file to the print service provider location via an electronic network;
means for performing a preflight check of said press ready file at the print service provider location to identify errors in said press ready file that would prevent it from being produced at the print service provider location as designed at the designer location and initiating correction of said errors to ensure production substantially as designed;
means for performing a prepress rework of said press ready file to address any changes in availability of production devices at the print service provider location after performance of the preflight check to ensure production substantially as designed; and
means for performing at least one of automated printing, finishing, packaging and shipping using said press ready file.
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Current AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
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Original AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
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InventorsWiechers, Alejandro
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Application NumberUS10/635,475Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current700/115CPC Class CodesG06F 3/1208 resulting in improved quali...G06F 3/121 Facilitating exception or e...G06F 3/125 Page layout or assigning in...G06F 3/1256 User feedback, e.g. print p...G06F 3/1284 Local printer deviceG06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human...
