Patent ID: 11886755
Assignee: HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A method of preparing a print job for a printing operation, which comprises the steps of:
providing at least one first data set associated with the print job and multiple reference data sets associated with a plurality of reference jobs, wherein the providing step contains the sub-step of providing multiple mutually complementary data sets as the multiple reference data sets for each one of the plurality of reference jobs;
with a digital computer, digitally creating a fingerprint for the first data set and digitally creating a fingerprint for each one of the multiple reference data sets;
automatically filtering the multiple reference data sets of the plurality of reference jobs to provide a second data set, wherein the step of automatically filtering uses the fingerprint generated for the first data set and the fingerprints generated for the multiple reference data sets; and
using the second data set in the printing operation as a replacement of or an addition to the at least one first data set.