Finishing compatibility evaluation

摘要

A solution for evaluating a compatibility of a selected finishing with printed data of a document is provided. A page model is obtained for a page of the document, and its compatibility with a model of the selected finishing is evaluated. Each model can comprise a representation of a page/finishing (e.g., a bitmap) and/or a set of properties of the page/finishing. In an embodiment of the invention, the page model comprises a page bitmap and the finishing model comprises a finishing bitmap, which includes a set of impinged pixels. The two bitmaps are compared to determine whether any of the printed data in the page bitmap intersects any of the impinged pixels.

主权项

1. A computerized method of managing a print request including a selected finishing for an electronic document, the method comprising:
obtaining, on a computer system including at least one computing device, electronic data for a page model for a page of the document and electronic data for a finishing model for the selected finishing for the document, wherein the page model corresponds to a set of attributes of content defined in the document for presentation on the page and wherein the finishing model corresponds to a set of attributes of at least one area of a page impinged by the selected finishing; and the computer system automatically evaluating a compatibility of the page with the selected finishing in response to the obtaining, wherein the evaluating includes comparing the electronic data for the page model and the electronic data for the finishing model by the computer system to determine whether the page is compatible or incompatible with the selected finishing, wherein the page is indicated as being incompatible when any of the content for presentation on the page will be either removed or obstructed as a result of the selected finishing.