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Automatic high speed publishing system

  • US 5,349,648 A
  • Filed: 04/09/1992
  • Issued: 09/20/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of imaging a publication composed of manuscript material such as text and graphics, said method comprising the steps of:

  • defining in a computer system the structure of a publication to be imaged to include a plurality of identifiable entities associable with manuscript material wherein said entities make up at least a portion of said structure, and assigning at least one imaging attribute to each entity;

    receiving manuscript material along with entity-identifying information;

    associating said material with ones of said entities identified by said information; and

    imaging said manuscript material associated with each of said entities according to said attributes assigned thereto, said imaging step further including the steps ofsearching the manuscript material associated with predetermined ones of said entities for at least one predetermined manuscript item,retrieving in response to detection of said manuscript item, predetermined manuscript material stored in said computer system memory and unassociated with any particular publication, andimaging said predetermined manuscript material in association with said entity having said manuscript item.

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