DOCUMENT PRODUCTION SYSTEM HAVING AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF CONTENT TO FIT THE PAGE MARGIN OF A PRE-PRINTED MEDIA

摘要

A document production system having the capability of determining the printable area of a pre-printed media is disclosed. The system may include a scanner, which scans and analyzes a copy of the pre-printed media as a template. The system may determine the page margin of the template, including the side margin, the header or the footer. The system may determine the printable area of the template based on the page margin and adjust the content of the document to be printed to fit the printable areas by either scaling or cropping.

主权项

1. A document production system comprising:
a scanner; a printer; and a computing device, including a processor, configured to perform the functions of:
causing the scanner to scan a template comprising a pre-printed media,determining, based on the scanned template, a page margin comprising a side margin, a header or a footer,determining, based on the page margin, a printable area of the pre-printed media,manipulating a soft copy of a document such that the document is configured to fit into the printable area of the template, andcausing the printer to print the document in the printable area of the pre-printed media.