Patent ID: 6057929
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A system for producing a plurality of substantially identical prints using a plurality of dissimilar printer systems, each of the substantially identical prints being generated from a neutral data file defining a print image and an image characteristic data file defining an attribute of the print image, the image characteristic file providing an original absolute value for specifying the attribute, the system comprising:a first printer system responsive to the neutral data file and the image characteristic data file for producing a first print, the attribute on the first print having a first original actual value corresponding to the original absolute value provided to the first printer system by the image characteristic data file;a second printer system responsive to the neutral data file and the image characteristic data file for producing a second print, the attribute on the second print having a second original actual value corresponding to the original absolute value provided to the second printer system by the image characteristic data file; and,means for creating a replacement image characteristic data file for generating a second substantially similar print using the second printer system, the replacement image characteristic data file providing, instead of the original absolute value, a second absolute value.