Data processing system and method for Preparing a presentation-ready document that produces separate images of fixed and variable data and a bookticket specifying an arrangement of such images
First Claim
1. A method within a data processing system of preparing a presentation-ready document, said method comprising:
- in response to receipt of a document description including at least one page description language (PDL) instruction, said document description specifying both fixed data and variable data, processing said at least one PDL instruction to produce separate presentation-ready images containing only said fixed data and containing only said variable data, wherein a particular presentation-ready image of fixed data is intended for presentation in at least two pages of a presentation-ready document and is produced only a single time; and
automatically generating a bookticket specifying an arrangement of said presentation-ready images of said fixed data and said variable data within a presentation-ready document.
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Abstract
A data processing system and method of preparing a presentation-ready document are described. In response to receipt of a document description that includes at least one Page Description Language (PDL) instruction and specifies both fixed data and variable data, the one or more PDL instructions are processed to produce separate presentation-ready images of the fixed data and the variable data. In addition, a bookticket specifying an arrangement of the presentation-ready images of the fixed data and the variable data is automatically generated. In response to receipt of the bookticket, a presentation-ready document is built that includes the presentation-ready images of the fixed data and the variable data in the arrangement specified by the bookticket. In one embodiment of the present invention, the document description specifies the fixed data of the document utilizing a PDL form operator.
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1. A method within a data processing system of preparing a presentation-ready document, said method comprising:
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in response to receipt of a document description including at least one page description language (PDL) instruction, said document description specifying both fixed data and variable data, processing said at least one PDL instruction to produce separate presentation-ready images containing only said fixed data and containing only said variable data, wherein a particular presentation-ready image of fixed data is intended for presentation in at least two pages of a presentation-ready document and is produced only a single time; and automatically generating a bookticket specifying an arrangement of said presentation-ready images of said fixed data and said variable data within a presentation-ready document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A data processing system for preparing a presentation-ready document, said data processing system comprising:
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means, responsive to receipt of a document description including at least one page description language (PDL) instruction and specifying both fixed data and variable data, for processing said at least one PDL instruction to produce separate presentation-ready images containing only said fixed data and containing only said variable data, wherein a particular presentation-ready image of fixed data is intended for presentation in at least two pages of a presentation-ready document and is produced only a single time; and means for automatically generating a bookticket specifying an arrangement of said presentation-ready images of said fixed data and said variable data within the presentation-ready document. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A program product for use with a data processing system, said program product comprising:
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a data processing system-usable medium; first instruction code within said data processing system-usable medium, wherein in response to receipt of a document description including at least one page description language (PDL) instruction, said document description specifying both fixed data and variable data, said first instruction code causes said data processing system to process said at least one PDL instruction to produce separate presentation-ready images containing only said fixed data and containing only said variable data, wherein a particular presentation-ready image of fixed data is intended for presentation in at least two pages of a presentation-ready document and is produced only a single time; and second instruction code within said data processing system-usable medium for causing said data processing system to automatically generate a bookticket specifying an arrangement of said presentation-ready images of said fixed data and said variable data within the presentation-ready document. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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