1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a determination unit configured to, if a first variable drawing object, which is included in print data including a processing target fixed drawing object, overlaps the processing target fixed drawing object, determine whether a quality of a print product produced by printing a second variable drawing object, which is generated by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object, by using a digital printing machine is within an allowable range when compared with a quality of a print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by an offset printing machine; and
an object generation unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range, generate the second variable drawing object by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object,
wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine based on a degree of overlap between the first variable drawing object and the fixed drawing object.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine based on a density of a color of the fixed drawing object.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an overlap determination unit configured to determine whether any variable drawing object that overlaps the fixed drawing object exists based on a region of the processing target fixed drawing object included in the print data and a region of a plurality of variable drawing objects included in the print data,
wherein the determination unit is configured to, if it is determined by the overlap determination unit that a variable drawing object that overlaps the fixed drawing object exists, determine whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine.
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the determination unit is configured to, if it is determined by the overlap determination unit that a variable drawing object that overlaps the fixed drawing object exists and if a drawing region of the variable drawing object that overlaps the fixed drawing object differs record by record, determine whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine.
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an unfilling unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is not within the allowable range, execute unfilling of a part of the fixed drawing object in a shape of a circumscribed rectangle region of the first variable drawing object that overlaps the fixed drawing object.
6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the unfilling unit is configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is not within the allowable range and if a user has input an instruction for executing unfilling via a user interface, execute unfilling of a part of the fixed drawing object in the shape of the circumscribed rectangle region of the first variable drawing object that overlaps the fixed drawing object.
7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an unfilling unit configured to, if a drawing region of the first variable drawing object that overlaps the fixed drawing object does not differ record by record, execute unfilling in a drawing region of the fixed drawing object.
8. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a determination unit configured to, if a first variable drawing object, which is included in print data including a processing target fixed drawing object, overlaps the processing target fixed drawing object, determine whether a quality of a print product produced by printing a second variable drawing object, which is generated by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object, by using a digital printing machine is within an allowable range when compared with a quality of a print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by an offset printing machine;
an object generation unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range, generate the second variable drawing object by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object; and
an addition unit configured, if the second variable drawing object has been generated by the object generation unit, to add data indicating that the second variable drawing object has been already generated to the print data,
wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine based on a degree of overlap between the first variable drawing object and the fixed drawing object.
9. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a determination unit configured to, if a first variable drawing object, which is included in print data including a processing target fixed drawing object, overlaps the processing target fixed drawing object, determine whether a quality of a print product produced by printing a second variable drawing object, which is generated by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object, by using a digital printing machine is within an allowable range when compared with a quality of a print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by an offset printing machine; and
an association unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range, associate the fixed drawing object with data for generating the second variable drawing object by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object,
wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine based on a degree of overlap between the first variable drawing object and the fixed drawing object.
10. A method executed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
determining, if a first variable drawing object, which is included in print data including a processing target fixed drawing object, overlaps the processing target fixed drawing object, whether a quality of a print product produced by printing a second variable drawing object, which is generated by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object, by using a digital printing machine is within an allowable range when compared with a quality of a print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by an offset printing machine; and
generating, if it is determined that the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range, the second variable drawing object by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object,
wherein the determining step determines whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine based on a degree of overlap between the first variable drawing object and the fixed drawing object.
11. A method executed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
determining, if a first variable drawing object, which is included in print data including a processing target fixed drawing object, overlaps the processing target fixed drawing object, whether a quality of a print product produced by printing a second variable drawing object, which is generated by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object, by using a digital printing machine is within an allowable range when compared with a quality of a print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by an offset printing machine;
generating, if it is determined that the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range, the second variable drawing object by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object; and
adding, if the second variable drawing object has been generated, data indicating that the second variable drawing object has been already generated to the print data,
wherein the determining step determines whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine based on a degree of overlap between the first variable drawing object and the fixed drawing object.
12. A method executed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
determining, if a first variable drawing object, which is included in print data including a processing target fixed drawing object, overlaps the processing target fixed drawing object, whether a quality of a print product produced by printing a second variable drawing object, which is generated by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object, by using a digital printing machine is within an allowable range when compared with a quality of a print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by an offset printing machine; and
associating, if it is determined that the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range, the fixed drawing object with data for generating the second variable drawing object by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object,
wherein the determining step determines whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine based on a degree of overlap between the first variable drawing object and the fixed drawing object.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to function as an information processing apparatus comprising:
a determination unit configured to, if a first variable drawing object, which is included in print data including a processing target fixed drawing object, overlaps the processing target fixed drawing object, determine whether a quality of a print product produced by printing a second variable drawing object, which is generated by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object, by using a digital printing machine is within an allowable range when compared with a quality of a print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by an offset printing machine; and
an object generation unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range, generate the second variable drawing object by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object,
wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine based on a degree of overlap between the first variable drawing object and the fixed drawing object.
14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to function as an information processing apparatus comprising:
a determination unit configured to, if a first variable drawing object, which is included in print data including a processing target fixed drawing object, overlaps the processing target fixed drawing object, determine whether a quality of a print product produced by printing a second variable drawing object, which is generated by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object, by using a digital printing machine is within an allowable range when compared with a quality of a print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by an offset printing machine;
an object generation unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range, generate the second variable drawing object by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object; and
an addition unit configured to, if the second variable drawing object has been generated by the object generation unit, add data indicating that the second variable drawing object has been already generated to the print data,
wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine based on a degree of overlap between the first variable drawing object and the fixed drawing object.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to function as an information processing apparatus comprising:
a determination unit configured to, if a first variable drawing object, which is included in print data including a processing target fixed drawing object, overlaps the processing target fixed drawing object, determine whether a quality of a print product produced by printing a second variable drawing object, which is generated by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object, by using a digital printing machine is within an allowable range when compared with a quality of a print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by an offset printing machine; and
an association unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range, associate the fixed drawing object with data for generating the second variable drawing object by combining the fixed drawing object and the first variable drawing object,
wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether the quality of the print product produced by printing the second variable drawing object by using the digital printing machine is within the allowable range when compared with the quality of the print product achieved when the fixed drawing object is printed by the offset printing machine based on a degree of overlap between the first variable drawing object and the fixed drawing object.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of recording patient vital sign data, comprising the steps of:
providing a monitor and recorder system, the monitor and recorder system including a monitor unit, having at least one sensing device, and a memory module;
facilitating the arrangement of the at least one sensing device in operative relationship with a patient;
during operation of the monitor and recorder system, automatically determining, via an interlock system, whether the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign information received by the monitor unit via the at least one sensing device;
if, in the determining step, it is determined that the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign information received by the monitor unit via the at least one sensing device, receiving vital sign information from the patient via the monitor unit and recording data representative of at least some of the vital sign information on the memory module; and
if, in the determining step, it is determined that the memory module is not prepared to accept vital sign information received by the monitor unit via the at least one sensing device, automatically preventing the monitor unit from receiving vital sign information via the at least one sensing device.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitor and recorder system is a bedside monitor and recorder device, wherein the method further comprises the step of positioning the monitor and recorder system adjacent the patient, and wherein if the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign information, the method further comprises the step of displaying, on the monitor unit, a graphical representation of the vital sign information as it is gathered from the patient.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of automatically determining whether the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign information includes automatically determining whether the memory module is properly installed in the monitor recorder device.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of automatically determining whether the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign information includes determining whether memory space in the memory module is available to receive vital sign data.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of determining whether memory space is available includes determining whether a predetermined amount of memory space is available.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of automatically determining whether the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign information includes determining whether input, representative of authorization from a user to record new data in the memory module, has been received by the bedside monitor and recorder device.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein if it is determined that the memory module is not prepared to accept vital sign information, the method further comprises the step of providing an indication, to a user, that the monitor and recorder system is inoperable.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein if it is determined that the memory module is not prepared to accept vital sign information, then the method further comprises the steps of:
receiving input, from the user, instructing the monitor unit to gather vital sign data; and
gathering vital sign information from the patient via the monitor unit without recording data representative of the vital sign information on the memory module.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing a monitor and recorder system includes providing a modular monitor unit having a plurality of module interfaces for connecting monitor modules to the monitor unit.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of providing a monitor and recorder system includes providing at least one monitor module, having a sensing device connected thereto, for connection to the monitor unit via one of the plurality of module interfaces.
11. A method of monitoring patient vital sign data, comprising the steps of:
providing a monitor unit having at least one sensing device;
facilitating the arrangement of the at least one sensing device in operative relationship with a patient;
during operation of the monitor unit, automatically determining via an interlock system whether an operable patient data recorder is communicatively connected to the monitor unit;
if, in the determining step, it is determined that an operable patient data recorder is communicatively connected to the monitor unit, receiving vital sign data from the patient at the monitor unit via the at least one sensing device and transmitting data representative of at least some of the vital sign data to the patient data recorder for recordation therein; and
if, in the determining step, it is determined that an operable patient data recorder is not communicatively connected to the monitor unit, automatically preventing the monitor unit from receiving vital sign data via the at least one sensing device.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of automatically determining whether an operable patient data recorder is communicatively connected to the monitor unit includes automatically determining whether a patient data recorder includes a memory module that is prepared to accept vital sign data gathered by the monitor unit.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the monitor unit is a bedside monitor unit, and wherein if the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign data, the method further comprises the step of displaying, on the monitor unit, a graphical representation of the vital sign information as it is gathered from the patient.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of automatically determining whether the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign information includes automatically determining whether the memory module is properly installed in the monitor recorder device.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of automatically determining whether the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign information includes determining whether memory space in the memory module is available to receive vital sign data.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of determining whether memory space is available includes determining whether a predetermined amount of memory space is available.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of automatically determining whether the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign information includes determining whether input, representative of authorization from a user to record new data in the memory module, has been received by the bedside monitor and recorder device.
18. The method of claim 12, wherein if it is determined that the memory module is not prepared to accept vital sign information, the method further comprises the step of providing an indication, to a user, that the monitor and recorder system is inoperable.
19. The method of claim 12, wherein if it is determined that the memory module is not prepared to accept vital sign information, then the method further comprises the steps of:
receiving input, from the user, instructing the monitor unit to gather vital sign data; and
gathering vital sign information from the patient via the monitor unit without recording data representative of the vital sign information on the memory module.
20. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of automatically determining whether an operable patient data recorder is communicatively connected to the monitor unit includes attempting to establish wireless communication between the monitor unit and an operable patient data recorder.
21. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of automatically determining whether an operable patient data recorder is communicatively connected to the monitor unit includes attempting to establish non-wireless communication between the monitor unit and an operable patient data recorder.
22. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing a monitor unit includes providing a modular monitor unit having a plurality of module interfaces for connecting monitor modules to the monitor unit.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of providing a monitor unit includes providing at least one monitor module, having a sensing device connected thereto, for connection to the monitor unit via one of the plurality of module interfaces.
24. A method of recording patient vital sign data, comprising the steps of:
providing a monitor and recorder system, the monitor and recorder system including a monitor unit, having at least one sensing device, and a memory module;
facilitating the arrangement of the at least one sensing device in operative relationship with a patient;
during operation of the monitor and recorder system, automatically determining, via an interlock system, whether the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign information received by the monitor unit via the at least one sensing device;
if, in the determining step, it is determined that the memory module is prepared to accept vital sign information received by the monitor unit via the at least one sensing device:
receiving vital sign information from the patient via the monitor unit,
displaying, on the monitor unit, a graphical representation of the vital sign information as it is gathered from the patient, and
recording data representative of at least some of the vital sign information on the memory module; and
if, in the determining step, it is determined that the memory module is not prepared to accept vital sign information received by the monitor unit via the at least one sensing device, automatically preventing the monitor unit from displaying, on the monitor unit, a graphical representation of the vital sign information as it is gathered from the patient.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the monitor and recorder system is a bedside monitor and recorder device, and wherein the method further comprises the step of positioning the monitor and recorder system adjacent the patient.