Bitmap processing of digital documents

Abstract

A bitmap processing system for creating digital documents on a digital printing press by a fulfiller includes a fulfiller operated raster image processor that receives customer application Page Description Language (PDL) job files containing information for creating the digital documents and generates bitmaps in accordance with the files and a fulfiller operated editor that modifies the bitmaps so that the resulting documents process more efficiently in production steps downstream of a printing process.

1 . A system comprising:
 an image processor configured to:
 receive customer application job files comprising information for creating digital documents; 
 generate bitmaps in accordance with the customer application job files; and 
 inspects the bitmaps in accordance with an application-specific script, comprising at least one artifact where information of a particular type is to be decoded. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the image processor uses the application-specific script including a map of regions of each bitmap of the bitmaps to identify and extract information of a particular type. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the application-specific script decodes the information of each particular type to produce factory-ready metadata files. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the image processor generates a job plan for each bitmap using a composition script to prepare each bitmap for printing. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the composition script further inserts control symbols into the customer application job files based on factory-ready metadata files. 
     
     
         6 . A method, comprising:
 receiving, by at least one processor of an image processor, customer application job files comprising information for creating digital documents;   generating, by the at least one processor, bitmaps in accordance with the customer application job files;   extracting, by the at least one processor, the bitmaps in accordance with an application-specific script, comprising at least one artifact where information of a particular type is to be decoded; and   outputting, by the at least one processor, the customer application job files with the bitmaps of the file.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the image processor uses the application-specific script including a map of regions of each bitmap of the bitmaps to identify and extract information of a particular type. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the application-specific script decodes the information of each particular type to produce factory-ready metadata files. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the image processor generates a job plan for each bitmap using a composition script to prepare each bitmap for printing. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the composition script further inserts control symbols into the customer application job files based on factory-ready metadata files.