System and method for printable document viewer optimization

• US 9,977,771 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PTI Marketing Technologies, Inc. (Ricoh Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: PTI Marketing Technologies, Inc. (Ricoh Company Limited)
• Inventors: Cogan, Douglas Neal
• Primary Examiner(s): Bloomquist, Keith D
• Application Number:
  US13/827,173
• Publication Number:
  US 20140281940A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,895 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1208 resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1256 User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

In some embodiments a method includes sending, from a composition compute device and to a user compute device, a data file that is based on a print file template. The data file includes (1) a plurality of raster image fonts based on user selected text, (2) a low-resolution image based on a user selected image, and (3) frame data indicative of coordinate locations on a webpage for the raster image fonts and for the low-resolution image. The method includes receiving, at the composition computer device and from the user computer device, a signal indicative of a modification to the data file. The method includes defining, at the composition compute device, a print file based on (1) a plurality of vector fonts based on the user selected text, (2) a high-resolution image based on the user selected image, (3) the frame data, and (4) the modification to the data file.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a composition computer device and from a user computer device a first data file including (1) text input by a user, and (2) an indication of an image selected by the user;

defining, at the composition compute device, a plurality of raster image fonts rasterized from a full vector font set including a subset of characters and/or sizes based on the text;

sending, from the composition compute device and to the user compute device, a second data file that is based on a print file template and including (1) the plurality of raster image fonts based on the text input, (2) a low-resolution image based on selected the indication of the image, and (3) frame data indicative of coordinate locations on a webpage for the plurality of raster image fonts and for the low-resolution image;

receiving, at the composition computer device and from the user computer device, a signal indicative of a modification to the second data file, the signal including data associated with changes to frames, coordinates, text and/or images, but not actual frames, text, and/or images; and

defining, at the composition compute device, a print file based on (1) a plurality of vector fonts based on the user selected text, (2) a high-resolution image based on the user selected image, (3) the frame data, and (4) the modification to the second data file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of raster images fonts include a plurality of bitmap fonts.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the modification of the data file includes a modification to a coordinate location on the print file template for the low resolution image.

4. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

sending, from a composition compute device and to a user compute device, a third data file that is based on the print file template including (1) a second plurality of raster image fonts based on second user selected text, (2) a second low-resolution image based on a second user selected image, (3) second frame data indicative of coordinate locations on a second webpage for the second plurality of raster image fonts based on second user selected text and for the second low-resolution image based on second user selected image, and (4) a modification of the third data file.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, at the composition compute device and from the user compute device, a signal indicative that the print file is final.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second data file is an extensible markup language file.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second data file does not include vector fonts.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of raster image fonts includes only fonts to render the text.

9. A method, comprising:

sending, from a first compute device and to a second compute device, a signal indicative of a selection of a print file template such that the second compute device loads a vector font set associated with the print file template;

sending, from the first compute device and to the second compute device, a data file including (1) text input by a user, and (2) an indication of an image selected by the user;

receiving, at the first compute device and from the second compute device, a signal indicative of a preview image that is based on (1) the data file, (2) a set of raster image fonts rasterized from the vector font set including a subset of characters and/or sizes based on the text input by the user, (3) a low-resolution image based on the image, and (4) frame data associated with the print file template;

sending, from the first compute device and to the second compute device, a signal indicative of a modification of the data file, the signal including data associated with changes to frames, coordinates, text and/or images, but not actual frames, text, and/or images; and

receiving, at the first compute device and from the second compute device, an indication of the definition of a print file based on (1) a set of vector fonts based on the text, (2) a high resolution image based on the image, and (3) the frame data, and (4) the modification to the data file.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising sending, from the first compute device and to a display, the signal indicative of the preview image.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the modification of the data file includes a modification to a coordinate location on the print file template for the low resolution image.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the data file is a data interchange format file.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the data file is an extensible markup language file.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

a composition compute device configured to send, to a user compute device, a data file that is based on a print file template and including (1) a plurality of raster image fonts based on user selected text, the plurality of raster image fonts rasterized from a vector font set including a subset of characters and/or sizes to render the user selected text, and (2) frame data indicative of coordinate locations on a webpage for the raster image fonts,

the composition computer device configured to receive, from the user compute device, a signal indicative of a modification to the data file, the signal including data associated with changes to frames, coordinates, text and/or images, but not actual frames, text, and/or images, and

the composition computer device configured to define a print file based on (1) a plurality of vector fonts from the vector font set based on the user selected text, (2) the frame data, and (3) the modification to the data file.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the plurality of raster images fonts include a plurality of bitmap fonts.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the data file includes a low resolution image and the modification of the data file includes a modification to a coordinate location on the print file template for the low resolution image.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the data file is a first data file, the user selected text is a first user selected text, and the frame data is first frame data, the apparatus further comprising:

the composition compute device configured to send, to the user compute device, a second data file that is based on the print file template including (1) a second plurality of raster image fonts based on the second user selected text, (2) a second low-resolution image based on a second user selected image, (3) second frame data indicative of coordinate locations on a second webpage for the second plurality of raster image fonts based on second user selected text and for the second low-resolution image based on user selected image, and (4) the modification of the data file.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the composition compute device is configured to receive a signal indicative that the print file is final.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the data file is an extensible markup language file.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the data file does not include vector fonts.