Patent ID: 8098402
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A raster image target tracking method for a computer, the computer executing the steps of: determining target information stored within a first object and target information stored within a second object within a compound document, the first object and the second object each being at least one of a page description language file and a raster image, the first object being optimized for a first halftone screening parameter of a first target device and the second object being optimized for a second halftone screening parameter of a second target device, each target device being a specific marking device; saving the target information specific to halftone screening parameters of each object and the processing history of each object inside at least one of (1) a targeting information tag or label corresponding to the raster image, (2) the compound document or (3) a database, the target information being print processing information for print processing each object at a specific target device; comparing the target information from the first object with the target information from the second object to determine whether the first object is optimized for the second halftone screening parameter of the second target device; and providing a warning message to a user when the first object is not optimized for the second halftone screening parameter of the second target device, the warning message being provided before retargeting the first object to be optimized for the second halftone screening parameter of the second target device and before outputting the first object and the second object.