Patent ID: 6856419

Claim:
Data storage for a closed loop prepress to press system, said system comprising at least one page layout and assembly unit, a color-spatial unification unit, a digital signature assembly generator, a press set-up unit and a press control, said data storage comprising: a) means for storing data; b) means for receiving operator input; c) means for bilateral data flow from said data storage to said press control and from said press control to said data storage; d) means for bilateral data flow from said data storage to said digital signature assembly generator and said color-spatial unification unit and from said digital signature assembly generator and said color-spatial unification unit to said data storage; e) means for data flow from said at least one page layout and assembly unit to said data storage; and f) means for data flow from said data storage to said press set-up unit, wherein said data storage comprises at least one database.