Patent ID: 8072641
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer program product for preparing production data for a print job, the production data including an electronic document defined by a page description language (PDL), the electronic document being stored in a PDL image file, the production data for the print job being prepared via a processor, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable media encoded with instructions for execution by the processor to perform a method comprising: (a) creating a still image proxy of the PDL image file; (b) electronically manipulating an image display of the still image proxy and recording information about the manipulations; and (c) using the information about the manipulations to revise the PDL image file so as to match the PDL image file to the manipulations made to the image display of the still image proxy, thereby preparing an edited PDL image file which is the electronic document for the print job.