Patent ID: 7177046

Claim:
A method for creating and outputting at least one print page, comprising: creating at least one print page that contains a plurality of blocks with the assistance of a first program module; manually allocating a presentation parameter to each of the plurality of blocks by a user at a time of document creation, wherein each block contains first image data of picture elements, and the presentation parameter characterizes the image properties of each block; outputting picture elements by an output unit based on second image data, the image properties of the picture elements being determined by output parameters; generating, by a plurality of image processing procedures, second image data corresponding to an output parameter of the output unit from first image data; selecting, by a second program module, one of the image processing procedures dependent on the presentation parameter; converting image data block-by-block by the second program module; and outputting, by the output unit, the print page with the plurality of blocks.