Abstract: A method and apparatus of printing books based on digital data, comprises accepting a plurality of orders, each order including a request for at least one copy of each of a plurality of titles. The plurality of orders form a streamlined cover set. The streamlined cover set is scanned, the detecting of each cover in the cover set causing digital printing of a book block corresponding to the detected title associated with the cover.

Abstract: A hybrid document automation system manages a hybrid printing job, such as PostScript (PS) job with a mix of color and monochrome (B/W) sheets containing variable data. The print job may contain any number of sets, each differing in size and ratio of color and B/W sheets. The system includes a color printer, a monochrome printer, a print manager, a splitter for separating color pages from monochrome pages in the print job and automatic jam recovery. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided to give a user/operator information on the status of the print job. The system may also include a document integrity system for insuring the correct output of the merged color and monochrome pages.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of printing books based on digital data, comprises accepting a plurality of orders, each order including a request for at least one copy of each of a plurality of titles. The plurality of orders form a streamlined cover set. The streamlined cover set is scanned, the detecting of each cover in the cover set causing digital printing of a book block corresponding to the detected title associated with the cover.

Abstract: A tool to create a TRC (Tonal Reproduction Curve) file on an monochrome image formation device that relates “input” grayscale values of a source file and the desired “output” (printed) grayscale values. By adjusting this curve, i.e., mapping selected input values to new output values, the file will be reproduced with tonal ranges which have been broadened and/or compressed as appropriate. The TRC is applied when the desired print file is released for reproduction thereby allowing the user to choose a desired curve at a print queue level to adjust each print file as desired. The adjustments remap what the decomposer would normally produce to a more appropriate range of tonal variations to emphasize image characteristics and value.