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Device and method for examining, verifying, correcting and approving electronic documents prior to printing, transmission or recording

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  • US 5,963,641 A
  • Filed: 11/24/1997
  • Issued: 10/05/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for pre-flight checking electronically-recorded documents to assure compatibility between said electronically-recorded documents and an output printing device, comprisingan electronic computer,an input device,an output printing device,a memory device,a set of instructions for said computer,means for said electronic computer for accepting an electronic document file,means for said electronic computer determining the type of said electronic document file,means for setting preferences for said electronically-recorded document font characteristics,means for setting and recording in said memory device preferences for said electronically-recorded document graphic element formats,means for extracting and identifying said document font characteristics from said file,means for extracting and identifying said document graphic element formats from said file,means for comparing said font characteristics in said electronically-recorded document to said preferences set and stored in said memory device,means for storing results of said comparison in said memory device,outputting results of said comparison on said output device,said outputted results comprising indications of inconsistencies between the said preferences set and font characteristics extracted from said electronically-recorded document,said outputted results comprising indications of inconsistencies between the said preferences set and said graphic element formats extracted from said electronically-recorded document.

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