公开(公告)号：US20080199096A1

公开(公告)日：2008-08-21

申请号：US11708865

申请日：2007-02-20

申请人： Michael E. Farrell ,  Javier A. Morales ,  Roger L. Triplett ,  David C. Robinson

发明人： Michael E. Farrell ,  Javier A. Morales ,  Roger L. Triplett ,  David C. Robinson

IPC分类号： G06K9/40

CPC分类号： H04N1/6072 ,  G06T11/60

摘要： A method and system for selective application of AIE (Automatic Image Enhancement) based on the characteristic of an image. The image can be evaluated utilizing PDL data, object location data, image layering data, image overprint data and image raster data in combination with a weighting scheme to ascertain whether the image should be designated as a background or watermark. The designated images can be passed through a tag to a DFE (Digital Front End) application in order to determine the application of AIE to the images.

摘要翻译： 一种基于图像特征选择性应用AIE（自动图像增强）的方法和系统。 可以使用PDL数据，对象位置数据，图像分层数据，图像叠印数据和图像光栅数据结合加权方案来评估图像，以确定图像是否应被指定为背景或水印。 指定的图像可以通过标签传递到DFE（数字前端）应用程序，以确定AIE对图像的应用。

公开(公告)号：US06466761B1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-15

申请号：US09711375

申请日：2000-11-14

申请人： Marc B. Rene ,  David C. Robinson

发明人： Marc B. Rene ,  David C. Robinson

IPC分类号： G03G1516

CPC分类号： G03G15/238 ,  G03G2215/1685

摘要： An apparatus including: a transfer station adapted to receive a continuous web feed, wherein situated on both sides of the continuous web are transferable paired printed images, and the station is further adapted to thereafter simultaneously transfer the paired printed images from the continuous web to respective substrates.

摘要翻译： 一种设备，包括：适于接收连续卷材进料的转运站，其中位于连续幅材的两侧上的是可转印的成对打印图像，并且所述台还适于随后将来自连续幅材的成对印刷图像同时转印到相应的 底物。

公开(公告)号：US20140079426A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-20

申请号：US13618675

申请日：2012-09-14

申请人： David C. Robinson ,  Katherine Loj

发明人： David C. Robinson ,  Katherine Loj

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/01 ,  G03G15/5016 ,  G03G15/5075

摘要： An approach is provided for managing a printing system. The approach involves determining at least one printer of the printing system is capable of at least five-color printing. The approach also involves determining a print job to be processed by the printing system includes using a custom colorant. The approach further involves determining if the custom colorant is ready for use, if an alternative colorant is ready for use, or if any custom colorants or alternative colorants are within a predetermined proximity of the printer. The approach additionally involves causing a preview of an output of the print job to be rendered and displayed, causing the print job to be processed or held, and causing one or more colorants to be ordered or made ready for use if the print job is held.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于管理打印系统的方法。 该方法涉及确定打印系统的至少一个打印机能够进行至少五色打印。 该方法还涉及确定由打印系统处理的打印作业包括使用定制着色剂。 该方法还涉及确定定制着色剂是否准备好使用，如果替代着色剂准备使用，或者如果任何定制着色剂或替代着色剂在打印机的预定接近度内。 该方法还涉及使得要呈现和显示打印作业的输出的预览，导致打印作业被处理或保持，并且如果保持打印作业，则导致一个或多个着色剂被命令或准备好使用 。

公开(公告)号：US08500236B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-06

申请号：US13491932

申请日：2012-06-08

申请人： David C. Robinson ,  Frederick John Ramsey

发明人： David C. Robinson ,  Frederick John Ramsey

IPC分类号： B41J29/393

CPC分类号： B41J11/008 ,  B41J3/60

摘要： A system for adjusting page placement on a continuous feed duplex print engine. A processor receives, from a print engine, ejector data regarding first and second defective ink ejectors including respective transverse positions for the ink ejectors. A memory element stores the ejector data. The processor: receives print data regarding first and second pages to be printed on the first and second sides, respectively, of the continuous sheet, including transverse positions for respective pixels on the pages; creates, using the print data, first and second logical pages for the first and second pages; and, creates, using the ejector data, first and second logical sheets including the first and second logical pages by transversely positioning the first and second logical pages such that the first and second defective ink ejectors and the positions for the respective pixels on the first and second pages are out of alignment in the process direction.

摘要翻译： 用于调整连续进纸双面打印引擎上的页面放置的系统。 处理器从打印引擎接收关于第一和第二有缺陷的墨水喷射器的喷射器数据，包括用于墨水喷射器的各个横向位置。 存储元件存储喷射器数据。 处理器：分别接收关于连续片材的第一和第二面上要印刷的第一和第二页面的打印数据，包括页面上各个像素的横向位置; 使用打印数据创建第一和第二页面的第一和第二逻辑页面; 并且通过横向地定位第一和第二逻辑页面，使得第一和第二有缺陷的墨水喷射器以及在第一和第二逻辑页面上的各个像素的位置在第一和第二逻辑页面上创建包括第一和第二逻辑页面的第一和第二逻辑页面 第二页在过程方向上不对齐。

公开(公告)号：US08373894B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-12

申请号：US11430392

申请日：2006-05-09

申请人： David C. Robinson

发明人： David C. Robinson

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/6052 ,  H04N1/00413 ,  H04N1/32529

摘要： A method for selecting a printing device for printing a proof is provided. The method entails providing a production printer and a plurality of remote proof printers and computing a native color gamut covered by the production printer and the plurality of remote proof printers. The method includes calculating a gamut intersection volume between the production printer and the plurality of remote proof printers and comparing the gamut intersection volume between the production printer and the plurality of remote proof printers. The method further include presenting a rating of the plurality of proof printers, the rating configured to provide data pertaining to the gamut intersection volume difference between each of the plurality of proof printers and the production printer.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种选择用于打印证明的打印装置的方法。 该方法需要提供生产打印机和多个远程证明打印机并计算由生产打印机和多个远程打印机覆盖的本机色域。 该方法包括计算生产打印机和多个远程校验打印机之间的色域交集体积，并比较生产打印机和多个远程校验打印机之间的色域交集体积。 该方法还包括呈现多个证明打印机的等级，该等级被配置为提供与多个证明打印机中的每一个与生产打印机之间的色域交叉点体积差异有关的数据。

公开(公告)号：US08339662B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-25

申请号：US11862480

申请日：2007-09-27

申请人： David C. Robinson

发明人： David C. Robinson

IPC分类号： H04N1/60

CPC分类号： H04N1/56

摘要： Systems and methods are described that facilitate generating a ready-to-print binary dual-plane HLC image for output to an HLC device. A print-ready highlight color (HLC) image can be generated without digital front end (DFE) processing. For example, according to one or more aspects, a color scanner can be employed to produce a two-plane binary TIFF image. One plane contains black (e.g., achromatic) content, while the other contains highlight color content. Black pixels are identified and/or determined using neutral pixel and neutral window detection. Background pixels are mapped to white for both planes. Pixels that are non-neutral and non-background are designated as color pixels. After separation into a neutral plane and an HLC plane, the planes are processed into binary data for printing.

摘要翻译： 描述了便于生成即用型二进制双平面HLC图像以输出到HLC设备的系统和方法。 可以在没有数字前端（DFE）处理的情况下生成可打印的高亮颜色（HLC）图像。 例如，根据一个或多个方面，可以使用彩色扫描器来产生双平面二进制TIFF图像。 一个平面包含黑色（例如，消色差）内容，而另一个包含高亮颜色内容。 使用中性像素和中性窗口检测来识别和/或确定黑色像素。 背景像素映射到白平衡。 非中性和非背景的像素被指定为彩色像素。 分离成中性面和HLC平面后，将这些平面处理成二进制数据进行打印。

公开(公告)号：US20120242738A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-27

申请号：US13491932

申请日：2012-06-08

申请人： David C. Robinson ,  Frederick John RAMSEY

发明人： David C. Robinson ,  Frederick John RAMSEY

IPC分类号： B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J11/008 ,  B41J3/60

摘要： A system for adjusting page placement on a continuous feed duplex print engine. A processor receives, from a print engine, ejector data regarding first and second defective ink ejectors including respective transverse positions for the ink ejectors. A memory element stores the ejector data. The processor: receives print data regarding first and second pages to be printed on the first and second sides, respectively, of the continuous sheet, including transverse positions for respective pixels on the pages; creates, using the print data, first and second logical pages for the first and second pages; and, creates, using the ejector data, first and second logical sheets including the first and second logical pages by transversely positioning the first and second logical pages such that the first and second defective ink ejectors and the positions for the respective pixels on the first and second pages are out of alignment in the process direction.

摘要翻译： 用于调整连续进纸双面打印引擎上的页面放置的系统。 处理器从打印引擎接收关于第一和第二有缺陷的墨水喷射器的喷射器数据，包括用于墨水喷射器的各个横向位置。 存储元件存储喷射器数据。 处理器：分别接收关于连续片材的第一和第二面上要印刷的第一和第二页面的打印数据，包括页面上各个像素的横向位置; 使用打印数据创建第一和第二页面的第一和第二逻辑页面; 并且通过横向地定位第一和第二逻辑页面，使得第一和第二有缺陷的墨水喷射器以及在第一和第二逻辑页面上的各个像素的位置在第一和第二逻辑页面上创建包括第一和第二逻辑页面的第一和第二逻辑页面 第二页在过程方向上不对齐。

公开(公告)号：US20120206741A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-16

申请号：US13025422

申请日：2011-02-11

申请人： David C. Robinson ,  Katherine Loj ,  Guo-Yau Lin

发明人： David C. Robinson ,  Katherine Loj ,  Guo-Yau Lin

IPC分类号： H04N1/60

CPC分类号： G03G15/6585 ,  G03G15/6529 ,  H04N1/00204 ,  H04N1/00278 ,  H04N1/2323 ,  H04N2201/0039

摘要： A method for rendering a clear toner layer is disclosed for a received print job description that is provided in multiple channels, including a clear channel and a color channel. A program selection is executed for a multiple pass operation. Image processing is performed on the print job description to generate a ready-to-print file. A layer of an image is rendered in a first pass using a clear toner applying component and a pigmented toner applying component. The values of the color channel are modified, and the ready-to-print file is modified using the values. The modified ready-to-print file is saved in a ready-to-print format. A layer of the image is rendered in a select pass using only the clear toner applying component.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于呈现透明调色剂层的方法，用于在多个通道中提供的接收的打印作业描述，包括清晰的通道和颜色通道。 执行多次操作的程序选择。 对打印作业描述执行图像处理，以生成即用打印文件。 使用透明调色剂施加部件和着色调色剂涂布部件，在第一遍中渲染图像层。 修改颜色通道的值，并使用这些值修改即用型打印文件。 修改后的即时打印文件以即时打印格式保存。 仅使用透明调色剂施加部件，在选择通道中呈现图像的层。

公开(公告)号：US08237985B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-07

申请号：US11756081

申请日：2007-05-31

申请人： William S. Jacobs ,  David C. Robinson ,  Michael E. Farrell

发明人： William S. Jacobs ,  David C. Robinson ,  Michael E. Farrell

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/1248 ,  G06F3/1207 ,  G06F3/1208 ,  G06F3/1256

摘要： A softproofing system and method render an input document for display on a monitor to faithfully represent projected output from a target print engine, where the displayed document representation rendering is modeled to include internal print engine specific enhancements or characteristics of the target print engine. The system and method identify the target print engine and print engine specific rendering characteristics from the specified content, such as an input file, which may be a raster image or an electronic file in a PDL format. Specific print engine characteristics may include halftone screen identification, error diffusion identification, halftone dot shape, write white, write black, anti-aliasing, line width compensation and specific tone reproduction curves.

摘要翻译： 软防护系统和方法呈现用于在监视器上显示的输入文档以忠实地表示来自目标打印引擎的投影输出，其中显示的文档表示呈现被建模以包括目标打印引擎的内部打印引擎特定的增强或特性。 该系统和方法从诸如可以是光栅图像或PDL格式的电子文件的输入文件中识别目标打印引擎和打印引擎特定的渲染特性。 特定的打印引擎特征可以包括半色调屏幕识别，误差扩散识别，半色调点形状，写入白色，写入黑色，抗锯齿，线宽补偿和特定色调再现曲线。

公开(公告)号：US20090086274A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-02

申请号：US11862480

申请日：2007-09-27

申请人： David C. Robinson

发明人： David C. Robinson

IPC分类号： G06K15/00 ,  H04N1/40

CPC分类号： H04N1/56

摘要： Systems and methods are described that facilitate generating a ready-to-print binary dual-plane HLC image for output to an HLC device. A print-ready highlight color (HLC) image can be generated without digital front end (DFE) processing. For example, according to one or more aspects, a color scanner can be employed to produce a two-plane binary TIFF image. One plane contains black (e.g., achromatic) content, while the other contains highlight color content. Black pixels are identified and/or determined using neutral pixel and neutral window detection. Background pixels are mapped to white for both planes. Pixels that are non-neutral and non-background are designated as color pixels. After separation into a neutral plane and an HLC plane, the planes are processed into binary data for printing.

摘要翻译： 描述了便于生成即用型二进制双平面HLC图像以输出到HLC设备的系统和方法。 可以在没有数字前端（DFE）处理的情况下生成可打印的高亮颜色（HLC）图像。 例如，根据一个或多个方面，可以使用彩色扫描器来产生双平面二进制TIFF图像。 一个平面包含黑色（例如，消色差）内容，而另一个包含高亮颜色内容。 使用中性像素和中性窗口检测来识别和/或确定黑色像素。 背景像素映射到白平衡。 非中性和非背景的像素被指定为彩色像素。 分离成中性面和HLC平面后，将这些平面处理成二进制数据进行打印。