Patent Document ID: 7706016
Application ID: 11726636

Base Claim:
1. An automated computer-implemented method of viewing production data for a print job, the production data including (i) an electronic document defined by a page description language (PDL), the electronic document being stored in a PDL image file and having predefined physical dimensions, and (ii) a predetermined area in which the electronic document must fit in a layout of a physical printed document, the method comprising: (a) creating a still image proxy of the PDL image file; (b) creating a static template that defines the predetermined area, wherein the physical dimensions of the template are dynamically determined based on the area in which the electronic document must fit in the layout of the physical printed document, and the physical dimensions of an image display of the still image proxy are dynamically determined based on the relative size of the predefined physical dimensions of the PDL image file to the predetermined area in which the electronic document must fit; and (c) displaying an image display of the still image proxy in association with the template.

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Claim 3:
3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising: (d) electronically manipulating an image display of the still image proxy with respect to the template and recording information about the manipulations; and (e) 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.