System and method for creating memory-retained, formatted pages of text, tabulation, and graphic data
First Claim
1. A system for converting visual illustrations on paper and associated magnetic media retained text and tabulation typesetting data of a printed publication of articles, into universally outputable digital data form retained in master memory, comprising:
- graphics locator means for determining the insertion locations referenced within said text and tabulations typesetting data representing the positioning of said visual illustrations;
scanning means for converting said visual illustrations to digital graphic data;
means for generating graphic property data representing the graphics size characteristics of said digital graphic data;
means for providing font size data for the text characters represented by said text typesetting data;
means for providing font image defining data;
formatting means responsive to said insertion location, said text typesetting data, said graphic property data and said font size data for generating device independent formatted page files; and
mastering means responsive to said digital graphic data, said device independent formatted page files, and said font image defining data for deriving said universally outputable digital data retained within said master memory.
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Abstract
A system and method for treating publisher'"'"'s textual and graphical data and converting it to device independent digital form for retention in master memory. Once both textual and graphical data have been converted to digital form, the graphical data are inserted in appropriate locations as determined by a formatting routine. Formatted articles then are collected for retention in master memory, and eventual production of local memory. The formatted page files residing in master memory are in a device independent form such that they are outputtable with high quality on a variety of output devices. Additionally, an index is generated for every word retained in master memory enabling the user to peruse as many as 30,000 complex pages for the desired subject matter.
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1. A system for converting visual illustrations on paper and associated magnetic media retained text and tabulation typesetting data of a printed publication of articles, into universally outputable digital data form retained in master memory, comprising:
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graphics locator means for determining the insertion locations referenced within said text and tabulations typesetting data representing the positioning of said visual illustrations; scanning means for converting said visual illustrations to digital graphic data; means for generating graphic property data representing the graphics size characteristics of said digital graphic data; means for providing font size data for the text characters represented by said text typesetting data; means for providing font image defining data; formatting means responsive to said insertion location, said text typesetting data, said graphic property data and said font size data for generating device independent formatted page files; and mastering means responsive to said digital graphic data, said device independent formatted page files, and said font image defining data for deriving said universally outputable digital data retained within said master memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for converting the graphic illustrations on paper and associated magnetic media retained text typesetting data from which has been derived a printed assemblage of articles, into device independent digital data form retained in master memory, comprising the steps of:
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identifying the insertion locations within said magnetic media retained text typesetting data for each said graphic illustration and generating a corresponding whatgraph file; scanning each said graphic illustration and deriving digital graphic data corresponding therewith; generating graphic property data representing the graphics size characteristics of said digital graphic data; providing font size data; providing font image defining data; formatting said text typesetting data, said whatgraph file, said graphic property data, and said font size data to provide device independent formatted page files; and combining said device independent formatted page files, said font image defining data, and said digital graphic data in magnetic media for retention in said master memory. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for treating the graphic illustration on paper and associated computer storage media retained text and tabulation typesetting data from which has been derived a printed assemblage of articles to provide corresponding device independent digital data for retention in master memory, comprising the steps of:
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identifying the insertion locations within said magnetic media retained text typesetting data for each said graphic illustration and generating a corresponding whatgraph file; scanning each said grahic illustration and deriving digital graphic data corresponding therewith; generating graphic property data representing the graphics size characteristics of said digital graphic data; formatting said tabulation typesetting data, and said font size data to provide device independent formatted tabulation files; generating a tabulation visual image from said device independent formatted tabulation files; applying corrections to said directory of files in the event of a defect represented in said tabulation visual image; formatting said text typesetting data, said device independent formatted tabulation files, said whatgraph file, said graphic property data and said font size data to provide device independent formatted page files; and combining said device independent formatted page files, said font image defining data and said digital graphic data in magnetic media for retention in said master memory. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for converting graphic illustrations retained in an associated storage media, and text typesetting data retained in an associated storage media, into device independent digital form retained in master memory, comprising the steps of:
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identifying the insertion locations within said media retained text typesetting data for each said graphic illustration and generating a corresponding whatgraph file; generating graphic property data representing the graphics size characteristics of said graphic illustration data; providing font size data; providing font image defining data; formatting said text and tabulation typesetting data, said whatgraph file, said graphic property data, and said font size data to provide device independent formatted page files; and combining said device independent formatted page files, said font image defining data, and said graphic data for retention in said master memory. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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