Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080246998 | AUTOMATIC COLORIZATION OF MONOCHROMATIC PRINTED DOCUMENTS - Embodiments herein include a method of adding color to a monochrome (single color printing) document that begins by inputting/creating colorization rules relating to the previously printed monochromatic document and scanning the previously printed monochromatic document to locate rasterized data. After the scanning, the method performs optical character recognition on the rasterized data to search for text corresponding to the previously printed monochromatic document. After the rules are input and the rasterized data is produced, the method automatically colorizes portions of rasterized content according to the colorization rules and this generates a colorized electronic document. | 10-09-2008 |
20080259401 | Method and system for consistent color control - A method and system for achieving consistent color control by integrating multiple color management and rendering techniques using single multi-level user control. Page Description Language (PDL) data and job processing instructions can be modified upstream of the Raster Image Processor (RIP). The processing operations associated with processing a print job comprising of at least one page include at least one of: flattening all objects on the at least one page into a single layer; removing overprint commands from the print job; converting all objects on the at least one page into a common colorspace; removing embedded tone reproduction curves and halftone screens from the print job. | 10-23-2008 |
20090046305 | Controlling dfe color management behavior in a distributed system - A document specification is examined to determine if it matches the device color characterization of a rendering device such as a printer. If it matches, then the document can be faithfully rendered by the device. Otherwise, the document specification must be transformed before rendering. A match can be detected by discovering a appropriate metadata within the document specification or within the document color characterization. Alternatively, a device signature can be used instead of a metadata. | 02-19-2009 |
20090080012 | Enhancements to job ticket handling during multiple job submission - System and method enhancing Job Ticket handling during multiple job submissions. The system parses through the job tickets associated with all user selected jobs and collect information about specified job parameters and their values. The job ticket options available in all output processing and devices specified and the collected job ticket information can be displayed. The user selected job can be filtered according to the job ticket values selected by the user. The system presents an interactive summary view for the user selected job parameters and values. After the user is satisfied with the job programming of all jobs, which can be reviewed during pre-processing (e.g., within a DFE or automated prepress system) the user can submit the jobs for printing. | 03-26-2009 |
20090290187 | ENHANCEMENTS TO VI RECORD JOB TICKETING AND PROCESSING - Job tickets containing scoped instructions can control the processing of a PDL file to produce a data stream that is efficiently processed by a rendering device such as a raster image processor or printer. Job tickets contain instructions for processing a PDL file. A scoped instructions controls processing of only those PDL file sections within a certain scope. Scope can be specified on a per instruction basis. | 11-26-2009 |
20090303512 | AUTOMATED IMPOSITION FOR PRINT JOBS WITH EXCEPTION PAGES - Print jobs can be processed to produce printed documents. In industrial printing operations, printers operate on large sheets that are then folded, cut, and stacked. Individual pages are imposed onto the large sheets such that they end up in the correct place after stacking. Exception pages are pages that, for any of a variety of reasons, require special handling and thereby slow, possibly stop, the printing process. Automatically flattening print jobs before imposition and resolving media type definitions after imposition can remove the need for special handling and thereby increase printing efficiency. | 12-10-2009 |
20100014767 | AUTO-FIT ENHANCEMENTS TO SUPPORT DOCUMENTS WITH ENGINEERING FOLDS - A document is produced in response to a request. The request specifies a series of document components that form the document when properly combined. At least one of the document components does not have an acceptable size. An acceptable size is a size matching available print media and compatibility with the sizes of the other document components. A scaling module adjusts any unacceptably sized document components to having acceptable sizes. The document is then produced by a rendering device. | 01-21-2010 |
20100039670 | IMPOSITION ENHANCEMENTS TO SUPPORT DOCUMENTS WITH FOLD-OUT PAGES - A sheet resizing module operating in cooperation with an automatic imposition module provides for the automatic imposition of fold out sheets using an imposition template tailored for regular sized sheets. The imposition module can impose the pages of a document as if all the pages are regular sized. A sheet resizing module automatically adjusts the size of those sheets onto which fold out pages have been imposed. The sheet resizing module can employ a number of resizing rules to determine which of the sheets four edges to move and how much to move them. | 02-18-2010 |
20100110477 | DYNAMIC PDL SUBSET SELECTION AND PROCESSING - The page descriptions in a document description describe individual document pages. Some of those pages require special processing. Special processing is accomplished by applying subtasks to page descriptions. The subtasks are associated with subset criteria. A subtask is applied to a page description if and only if the page description meets a subset criterion associated with that subtask. In essence, subtasks are prepress operations applied to and limited to the scope of individual page descriptions with the document description. As such, a modified prepress module is ideal for subtask application. In general, page descriptions are evaluated against the subset criteria and the subtasks applied before the more generalized prepress processing converts the document description into a print ready document description. | 05-06-2010 |
20100128302 | EXCEPTION PAGE PROGRAMMING FOR BANNER SHEETS - Job tickets with banner descriptions and document descriptions are automatically generated by a print shop's DMS. The banner descriptions and the document descriptions are composed of PDL instructions. Document descriptions can be managed and altered without necessarily affecting the job ticket. The banner page PDL instructions are specially designated so that banner pages can not be managed without also managing the job ticket. Preserving the banner page within a job ticket prevents unwanted side effects from disturbing the print shop's work flow. | 05-27-2010 |
20100128303 | ENHANCEMENTS TO MULTI-PART JOB PROCESSING - Print jobs often contain logically separable sections that can be processed independently and in parallel. Logical separability is often an aspect of different page sizes, color splits, and finishing. Split nodes can examine the page descriptions in a print job to identify splitting opportunities and to split the print job into multiple partial jobs. The partial jobs can then be separately processed to produce work product that is subsequently combined by a join node. The split and subsequently rejoined print job, if incomplete, can then be subjected to further processing, such as packing and shipping. | 05-27-2010 |
20100128311 | DYNAMIC IMPOSITION BASED ON PERCEIVED PAGE VALUE - A dynamic imposition system provides for the printing of variable length documents onto a predefined number of pages. The more important pages in the document can be printed at their default size and resolution while less important pages can be automatically scaled down and printed at half size or less. The system automatically assigns ranks to the page descriptions in a print job based on each page's importance and then assigns one or more allowable impositions to each page description. The system then selects the imposition specifications that permit the imposition of the document onto a predetermined number of sheets. The document can then be imposed and printed in accordance with the selected imposition specifications. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BULK MAIL ORIENTED TRANSACTION PRINTING - A system and method for bulk mail oriented transaction printing of variable documents by evaluating particular data such as zip code data in a VI PDL. A queue can be configured with information regarding a particular rendering job, which includes the VI data fields including required postal information, a particular postal information format, and a thickness adjustment with respect to each item of mail associated with a bulk mail. The rendering job can be received for production and a number of records associated with the job automatically parsed into one or more postal bundles, based on predefined information and postal regulations. Such an approach can also be utilized to automatically generate and render the required bundle labels. | 05-27-2010 |
20100149559 | SPECIALTY MEDIA CALIBRATION ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system and method for enhancing media calibration and rendering to enable the use of multiple sets of calibration curves and intrapage when rendering to a multi-substrate media. A calibration target related to a specific multi-substrate media can be rendered. A number of calibration patches can then be measured with respect to each substrate region on the media. The calibration patches can be utilized to create a custom rendering profile for the multi-substrate media. A rendering job can be processed and a matching custom rendering profile defined in the multi-substrate calibration can then be applied to regions specified in the media definition. | 06-17-2010 |
20100150437 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING PHOTO PRODUCT TEMPLATES - A system and method for processing digital photo product templates to enhance a personalized photo product and to enable greater flexibility when selecting options for the photo product template. One or more photo product templates can be defined as a series of objects, some of which are capable of being colorized by a user. Color sets applicable to the photo product template can be displayed based on a predefined set of colors and/or a user-defined “seed color”. The selected color sets can be automatically applied to the photo product template utilizing a predefined rank. The color sets can be ranked and complementary color set suggestions provided based on the evaluation of the colors in an image. | 06-17-2010 |
20100150438 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING INTEGRATED REMOTE CUSTOM RENDERING PROFILE - A system and method for creating a remote custom rendering profile and automatically delivering and installing the resulting remote custom profile into a digital front end (DFE) in order to perform color management for a rendering device. A color test rendering job comprising color swatches with a number of additional information can be forwarded to a remote service provider and the test job can be scanned and the custom rendering profile can be generated utilizing a profiler application. The resultant rendering profile can then be electronically transferred back to the rendering device based on the additional information and can be installed without user intervention. | 06-17-2010 |
20100157352 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WYSIWYG FINISHING INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPECIALTY PHOTO MEDIA - A method and system for creating a visual representation of instructions required to finish a photo product that utilizes a specialty photo media. A photo job requesting the specialty photo media can be received and the photo job then rendered on the specialty photo media via a rendering device. An ancillary instruction document along with a number of thumbnails representing the photo job can also be rendered via the rendering device. The ancillary instruction document includes a number of instructions required to generate the final photo product on the specialty photo media thereby reducing wastage of very expensive media. The finishing instructions can be alternatively represented as animations on a graphical user interface. | 06-24-2010 |
20100177119 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING CROSSOVER IMAGES ON HINGED MEDIA - A system and method for laying out pages for rendering a crossover image on a hinged media. A position of a hinge within an image and/or a page design element that is to be rendered as a crossover image on the hinged media can be specified. An effective hinge position on a sheet with respect to the hinged media can be determined. Thereafter, two child images can be created by and cropping the crossover image in order to allow sufficient amount of bleed past the hinge position. The child images can be placed on respective pages so that the specified hinge position properly aligns with the effective hinge position of the hinged media. | 07-15-2010 |
20100178133 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING PRODUCTION OF LARGER BOOKS UTILIZING HINGED MEDIA - A system and method for enabling production of larger books utilizing a multi-substrate hinged media. A media definition for a specialty media can be enhanced to include information about multiple variants that contain varying sizes of hinge sections related to a specific media and a page assignment rule. The set of hinged media variants can be treated as a single media type and the properties of the media type determine sheet thresholds for each variant. The specific media variants can be assigned to specific document pages based on the page assignment rule. The pages in the center of the book utilize larger hinges to allow the pages to lie flat, while pages at the beginning and end of the book utilize smaller hinges to prevent imaging on the hinge area. | 07-15-2010 |
20100231933 | DYNAMIC PRODUCTION BASED ON PERCEIVED PAGE VALUE - Document descriptions, typically written in a page description language, are automatically transformed down to the page level based on the perceived value of the content of each page. In normal production, documents, printers, and entire printing facilities typically have a set of predefined production parameters that govern the production and appearance of all documents. In enhanced operation, identification rules automatically generate perceived page values for each document page. The pages can be grouped into page subsets based on their perceived values. The Transformation directives can then be selectively invoked to alter the production parameters used for printing the pages within certain page subsets and thereby alter the final appearance, plex, media, or color space of the printed pages within those subsets. | 09-16-2010 |
20100238513 | GLOSSMARK-ENABLED PHOTO PRODUCT COMPOSITION STATION - A photo composition system applies digital watermarks such as glossmarks and correlation marks to a user's image to produce a marked version of the image. A compatibility measure is computed and presented to the user as an aid in mark selection or the decision to even apply a mark to the image. Compatibility measures can be improved by automated image enhancement processes that adjust the image to be more compatible with the mark. | 09-23-2010 |
20100245385 | PAGE REGION IMAGE OFFSET METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A method and system for rendering a raster image. A raster image can be analyzed with respect to the specialty media upon which the raster image is rendered, in order to determine if a difference exists between particular sections of the specialty media and the raster image. Thereafter, one or more regions of the raster image can be selected for offsetting, if it is determined that such a difference does exist, in order to thereafter re-render the raster image and thereby provide a non-destructive editing capability with respect to the raster image and a rapid resolution of quality problems associated with rendering the raster image via the specialty media. | 09-30-2010 |
20100250334 | DYNAMIC PRINT JOB PROGRAMMING AS A FUNCTION OF RECIPIENT RELATIONSHIP - The apparent print quality of transaction promotions are matched to their recipients such that those more likely to respond favorably receive higher quality materials. Of the documents people receive, many, such as certain billing statements, also contain transaction promotions. Submitting a print job to a printer instructs it to produce a document by processing a document description. The document description can include a transaction promotion description. The transaction promotion can be printed at one of a number of predetermined quality levels by varying the document description, the print job, or the transaction promotion description. Knowledge of the intended recipient allows for the determination of a recipient quality level matching one of the predetermined quality levels. The document is then produced with a transaction promotion having a recipient based quality level. | 09-30-2010 |
20100253969 | VARIABLE FINISHING PROGRAMMING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE INFORMATION DOCUMENTS - A method and system for applying one or more variable finishing parameters to a rendering job associated with VI transactional printing process. A set of rules can be specified by a user for determining the finishing attributes for the rendering job based on characteristics of the job being rendered. The rendering job can be received for execution and the discrete VI records associated with the rendering job can be discerned. The variable finishing parameters can be applied to the rendering job based on the properties required to determine a correct finishing for a given record, a job ticket resolution, and a post RIP job ticket resolution. The dynamically selected finishing attributes can be applied to the entire document and/or individual records associated with the VI data stream. | 10-07-2010 |
20100271656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING PRINT DELAYS FOR PRINT JOBS - Systems and methods for reducing delays in printing print jobs use a RIP or a digital front end generally, to maintain an inventory of pre-ripped ready to print work that can be sent to the print engine to prevent an engine shutdown due to the RIPs inability to keep up with the engine. The systems and methods for reducing delays in printing print jobs can track performance in real time and automatically switch to printing jobs from post-RIP content archive if it is determined that the print engine is at risk of outpacing the RIP or DFE such that printing will be interrupted at the print engine. | 10-28-2010 |
20100271657 | PRE-CONCATENATION EXECUTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED PREPRESS PROCESS NODES - A system and method for configuring a pre-concatenation execution mode for an automated prepress process node. A set of prepress operations can be defined and a multi-part job moved from one prepress operation to next in a determined workflow execution path in response to receiving the multi-part job. Each individual part associated with the multi-part job can be processed as a single entity at each prepress operation. A concatenation node associated with the workflow execution path concatenates the individual processed job parts associated with the multi-part job into a single PDL entity. Such a single coherent approach to process the multi-part jobs before concatenation into the single PDL provides greater and easier flexibility in programming customization options. | 10-28-2010 |
20110228340 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING AND INSERTING DIVIDERS INTO MULTI-SECTION DOCUMENTS FROM MULTIPLE FILES - A method and system for inserting dividers in a rendering job. A group of individual files can be compiled into a single document. The individual files can then be arranged in a preferred order. One or more dividers can then be inserted in-between each of the individual files in order to thereafter generate a template that includes a print layout associated with the divider(s) and render a complete document, which includes the individual files in the preferred order with the divider(s) automatically inserted therein and including text strings thereof. | 09-22-2011 |
20120307308 | AUTOMATED IMPOSITION FOR PRINT JOBS WITH EXCEPTION PAGES - Print jobs can be processed to produce printed documents. In industrial printing operations, printers operate on large sheets that are then folded, cut, and stacked. Individual pages are imposed onto the large sheets such that they end up in the correct place after stacking. Exception pages are pages that, for any of a variety of reasons, require special handling and thereby slow, possibly stop, the printing process. Automatically flattening print jobs before imposition and resolving media type definitions after imposition can remove the need for special handling and thereby increase printing efficiency. | 12-06-2012 |
20140313540 | MULTI-COLOR BANNER PAGES FOR PRINT JOB FINISHING WORKFLOWS - A print job includes instructions to print markings and perform finishing operations on a first type of media. Systems and methods determine print job characteristics of the print job based on data within the print job, and select a different type of media on which banner pages will be printed (e.g., “second types of media” that is different from the first type of media used for the print job pages). The banner pages contain human and/or computer readable instructions to perform the finishing operations. The media type used for the “second type of media” is based on the print job characteristics of the print job. The print markings are printed on the first type of media, and the banner pages are printed on the second type of media. | 10-23-2014 |