| US 7,532,355 B2 | ||
| Method and system for merging variable text and images into bitmaps defined by a page description language | ||
| Forrest P. Gauthier, Maineville, Ohio (US); and James R. Walker, Maineville, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to Tesseron Ltd., Cincinnati, Ohio (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/226,049. | ||
| Application 11/226049 is a continuation of application No. 09/874895, filed on Jun. 05, 2001, abandoned. | ||
| Application 09/874895 is a continuation of application No. 09/291121, filed on Apr. 14, 1999, granted, now 6,243,172. | ||
| Application 09/291121 is a continuation in part of application No. 08/896899, filed on Jul. 18, 1997, granted, now 5,937,153. | ||
| Application 08/896899 is a continuation in part of application No. 08/373582, filed on Jan. 18, 1995, granted, now 5,729,665. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0018935 A1, Jan. 24, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—1.18 [358/1.1] | 22 Claims |
| 11. A method for generating a plurality of bitmaps comprising the steps of:
a) providing a template page description language specification including, at least in part, template data and associated
graphic attributes defining how the template data is to appear on a printed page, the template specification including at
least one sub-template identifier;
b) providing sub-template bitmap data, external to the template specification;
c) processing the template data and associated graphic attributes to generate template bitmap data;
d) identifying the sub-template identifier in the template specification and, upon identifying the sub-template identifier,
associating the sub-template identifier with the sub-template bitmap data; and
e) repeatedly merging copies of the sub-template bitmap data with copies of the template bitmap data to produce a plurality
of merged bitmaps.
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