Patent ID: 7570379
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of generating a production ready document in a commercial printing environment including a designer location and a print service provider location, said method comprising: creating a digital file at the designer location using updated device configuration information operating on a computer system from the print service provider location; selecting a document profile for said file from a plurality of document profiles available on the computer system at the print service provider location; applying said selected document profile to said file and automatically adjusting characteristics of said file at the designer location, if necessary, to ensure that said file is a production ready document; automatically checking for common errors associated during a prepress stage by automatically pre-flighting the document to be printed; automatically revising incorrect printing instructions and adding missing printing instructions; automatically providing a remote computerized proofing function for a customer of the document to be printed and automatically electronically tracking the printing of the document by continuously monitoring and updating a status of the document to be printed; electronically submitting said production ready document to the print service provider location via an electronic network; and performing automated printing and at least one of automated finishing, automated packaging and automated shipping using said production ready document.