Patent ID: 6446100
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B41F,B41P,B42C,B65H,G06F,G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of developing a data file representative of a page from a template file and a database file, wherein the template file includes data representing fixed information to be reproduced on the page and data representing a position for variable information on the page and wherein the database includes data representing variable information to be reproduced at the position on the page, the method comprising the steps of:developing a first data file from the template file, wherein the first data file includes the data representing the fixed information; developing a second data file from the template file, wherein the second data file includes the data representing the position for the variable information on the page; developing a third data file from the second data file and the data in the database; and developing a fourth data file that specifies a manner of combining the first and third data files to produce the data file representative of the page.