[Printing-architecture] FSG Architecture Use Model Iinputs - Glen

Glen Petrie glen.petrie at eitc.epson.com
Mon Oct 13 13:04:35 PDT 2003


It was suggested at last weeks meeting to at least begin writing the top
level example for the use-models.  These are my suggestion for several

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3.4 Use Model 3: Desktop Personal (Consumer) Printing

Print to a low printer from an application

1. Example Use Model:

Dorothy has been editing and formatting her biology term paper for weeks.
She takes her laptop computer to class and constantly update her term paper
on new information from the lectures and labs.   She uses her portable
scanner and graphics editor to illustrates the step-by-step processes in her
term paper as well as the final charts and graphs which will are all
integration into her word processor.  The night before she must turn in the
paper she does one final edit.  Then she loads her 2000XYZ-Color inkjet
printer with the special paper required by the professor; she connects the
USB cable from her printer to her laptop and she=92s ready to print.   She =
has
already formatted the print job but brings up the print preview window to
double check; the special paper is expensive.   Finally, she brings up the
print dialog box and makes her selections.  She selects collated copies,
highest print resolution and background printing mode (she still has work on
her chemistry assignment) before hitting the print button.  Thirty Eight
minutes later (why did I use highest quality mode!) she removes the printed
pages, carefully inspects each page and staples each copy into special cover
sheets for the biology class.

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3.5 Use Model 5:  Desktop Small-Office / Home-Office Printing

Print to mid-volume laser printer and to impact printer

1. Example Use Model:

Keith knew it was going to be a long day; it=92s the end of the month, agai=
n.
Keith=92s small company produces about 5000 widgets a month for a large
industrial firm.  Keith could do it all when they started but now has two
employees and the customer now wants a data sheet on each widget.   Keith
yells out his office to see if the data base has been completed for the
month and if all the widgets are packaged; they are.   Keith initially
brings up the data base and request a summary report; he=92ll need 25 copies
this month.   From the command-line Keith send the simple text summary file
to the print spooler requesting 25 copies.  Within seconds, the laser
printer, connect over a BlueTooth adaptor, starting warming up and producing
the 25 copies.  Keith returns to the data base software and request data
sheets for each entry; individual post-script files.  Keith spent weeks
designing/creating the template for the data sheets; including color and
graphics.  Keith wishes he had a laser color printer but uses his direct
connected business level inkjet for another month.  Navigating to the
directory with this months data sheets; he again request the spooler to
print two copies of each file in the current directory on the office inkjet
printer.  While that going on, Keith decides to do the timecards for the
temporary-agency he is using.   The temporary-agency wants a 3-part time
cards to be printed.   The impact is already loaded to the pin-feed 3-part
and parallel cable in connected.   After looking over the spread data, Keith
selects the print action in the accounting software instructing the
application to send the print data to spooler for printing on the impact
printer.

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3.7 Use Model 6: Central (Print Room) Office Printing

Mid to large volume printing from document repository with data
transformation and post printing finishing

1. Example Use Model:

In three days Michael will provide a sales and marketing pitch to first and
second tier managers of the Zeta Bank for a new bank statement design and
end-customer packaging of statements and collaterals.  Michael has spent the
last two weeks interfacing to a creative writing firm to develop the text
content for his materials.   He has along spent four weeks with his internal
graphic art department designing the handout package including the staggered
sized collateral sheets, integrated pictorial and text content and, finally,
creation his presentation slides.  Michael now stores the images for the
collaterals which are in tiff format along with his presentation that is
MS-Power-Point format, followed by storing the MS-Word formatted bank
statement and finally, the Frame-Maker version of the end-customer package
on his internal document repository system.  Michael then brings up the
electronic technical-publication department submission form.   Michael
starts editing the contact information, the number of copies, location of
the electronic data and special finishing instructions fields of the
submission form and hits the return key.  . . .  The night before the
presentation, the technical-publication department deliveries 6 boxes of
printed sales and marketing materials for Michael sales and marketing pitch.



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3.8 Use Model 7: Desktop File (Direct) Printing

Print to print service directly from file-manager/shell-script with going
through an application

1. Example Use Model:

Robert is the lead engineer on the power subsystem of the companies next
generation satellite.   He has spent the last 6 month working with
individual engineering and other departments on no less than 12 interrelated
specifications and design documents.  People have been delivering him
post-script versions of their document over the last several days.  Robert
recently bought a wide format color inkjet printer from the Acme print copy.
The printer has great output resolution and an extended color gammit but
does not print post script natively; so Robert download and installs the
latest version of GhostScript along with the print driver.  Robert types in
the print options, printer model and location of the print data for
GhostScript at the command line and wait for each document to printed.
Robert begins the task of checking and removing ambiguities between the
specifications.










Rgds,
Glen W. Petrie
Manager, Software Printing Solutions
Epson Imaging Technology Center
150 River Oaks Parkway, Suite 200
San Jose, CA, 95134
Voice: 408.576.4131  Fax: 408.474.0511

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