Apparatus for washing of graphic image files

Details Apparatus for washing of graphic image files Apparatus for washing of graphic image files

2005-06-07

2005-06-07

Wallerson, Mark (Department: 2626)

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Static presentation processing

Communication

C358S001180, C358S001900

Reexamination Certificate

active

06903839

ABSTRACT:
An appartus for producing normalized (or “washed”) graphic image files that have a consistent file structure, the graphic image files thereafter being used to produce a consistent print ready file structure. A source, or unprocessed, image file is first converted into a vector-based medium file and stored. This vector-based medium includes a PDF file format, with the conversion routine using Adobe Distiller for producing PDF files. The vector-based medium file is thereafter retrieved and converted into a consistently structured file, which can be used by a variety of applications associated with a printing process. The consistent structure file includes PostScript, and in particular ASCII Level 1 PostScript. The washing routine is intended to be performed as an Prepress operation to creating the overlying print ready file, and can be automated as needed. This Prepress operation can run on a farm service and managed by a master farm server.

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