公开(公告)号：US08482755B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-09

申请号：US11226639

申请日：2005-09-14

申请人： Dennis M. Carney ,  Charles D. Johnson

发明人： Dennis M. Carney ,  Charles D. Johnson

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1284 ,  G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1267 ,  G06F3/1285

摘要： A print controller and associated methods are disclosed. Some print jobs received in the print controller are stored in a rasterized or ripped job spool. The release of these jobs is coordinated by a control system in the print controller. The control system processes an algorithm to determine a sequence of releasing one or more print jobs stored in the rasterized job spool. The control system generates a job despool token and transmits the job despool token to a rasterized job handling system through the data stream of the raw print jobs (such as through the interpreter). The job despool token follows the normal data stream of print jobs through the print controller to the rasterized job handling system. Responsive to receiving and processing the job despool token, the rasterized job handling system releases the print job from the rasterized job spool to a print queue.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种打印控制器和相关方法。 在打印控制器中接收的一些打印作业存储在光栅化或撕开的作业卷轴中。 这些作业的释放由打印控制器中的控制系统协调。 控制系统处理算法以确定释放存储在光栅化作业卷轴中的一个或多个打印作业的顺序。 控制系统生成工作预留令牌，并通过原始打印作业的数据流（例如通过解释器）将作业预留令牌传送到光栅化作业处理系统。 工作预留令牌遵循通过打印控制器将打印作业的正常数据流传送到光栅化作业处理系统。 光栅化作业处理系统响应于接收和处理作业驻留令牌，将打印作业从光栅化作业卷轴释放到打印队列。

公开(公告)号：US08339659B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-25

申请号：US12326253

申请日：2008-12-02

申请人： Samuel N. Hopper ,  John T. Varga

发明人： Samuel N. Hopper ,  John T. Varga

IPC分类号： G06K15/10

CPC分类号： G06K15/02 ,  G06K15/1856 ,  G06K15/1857

摘要： Printing systems, print controllers, and associated methods of partitioning sheetside bitmaps are disclosed. A print controller in one embodiment connects to a plurality of printhead controllers that are operable to control a plurality of printhead arrays. The print controller includes an interpreter system operable to receive a print job, and to convert an image in the print job into a full sheetside bitmap comprised of an array of pixels. The print controller also includes a partitioning system operable to process the full sheetside bitmap to identify the pixels in the full sheetside bitmap designated for printing on each of the printhead arrays, and to generate a partitioned sheetside bitmap for each printhead array that contains essentially the pixels designated for printing on the printhead array. The print controller further includes an interface system operable to transmit the partitioned sheetside bitmaps to the printhead controllers associated with the printhead arrays.

摘要翻译： 公开了打印系统，打印控制器以及相关的划分片状位图的方法。 一个实施例中的打印控制器连接到可操作以控制多个打印头阵列的多个打印头控制器。 打印控制器包括可操作以接收打印作业的解释器系统，并将打印作业中的图像转换成由像素阵列组成的完整的片材位图。 打印控制器还包括分区系统，其可操作以处理完整的片材位图，以识别指定用于每个打印头阵列上的打印的完整片材位图中的像素，并且为每个打印头阵列生成分割的片材位图，其基本上包含像素 指定用于打印头阵列上的打印。 打印控制器还包括可操作以将划分的片材位图传送到与打印头阵列相关联的打印头控制器的接口系统。

公开(公告)号：US08322811B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-04

申请号：US12640692

申请日：2009-12-17

申请人： Kartheek Chandu ,  Mikel J. Stanich ,  Larry M. Ernst

发明人： Kartheek Chandu ,  Mikel J. Stanich ,  Larry M. Ernst

IPC分类号： B41J2/205

CPC分类号： B41J2/2052 ,  B41J2/2146 ,  H04N1/4078

摘要： Methods and apparatus herein provide for automated calibration of multiple printheads used in a multi-pass printing system. Aspects hereof print a plurality of gray scale printed patterns each printed pattern corresponding to a gray scale value for each of the multiple printheads. The printed patterns are then measured to determine the intensity (e.g., optical density) of each of the printed patterns. A measurement function is derived from the measured intensity and gray scale levels used to print each pattern. Calibrated transfer functions are then determined from the measurement function and target function where each calibrated transfer function relates, for a corresponding printhead, an input gray scale level of a pixel in an image to be printed to a calibrated gray scale level to use for the corresponding printhead when operating in multi-pass mode.

摘要翻译： 本文的方法和装置提供了用于多遍打印系统中的多个打印头的自动校准。 本发明的方面打印多个灰度印刷图案，每个印刷图案对应于多个打印头中的每一个的灰度值。 然后测量印刷图案以确定每个印刷图案的强度（例如，光密度）。 从用于打印每个图案的测量强度和灰度级别导出测量功能。 然后，校准的传递函数从每个校准传递函数所涉及的测量功能和目标函数确定，对于相应的打印头，将要打印的图像中的像素的输入灰度级别用于校准的灰度级以用于相应的 打印头在多通道模式下运行。

公开(公告)号：US08284423B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-09

申请号：US11279052

申请日：2006-04-07

申请人： Janeen E. Jahn ,  Simon P. Jones ,  Linda S. Liebelt ,  Kyle P. Manning ,  Dwight R. Palmer ,  Eric M. Sigler ,  Matthew M. Walli ,  Marc A. Willson

发明人： Janeen E. Jahn ,  Simon P. Jones ,  Linda S. Liebelt ,  Kyle P. Manning ,  Dwight R. Palmer ,  Eric M. Sigler ,  Matthew M. Walli ,  Marc A. Willson

IPC分类号： H04N1/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06

摘要： Methods, systems, and apparatus for flexible, configurable job workflow processing. Features and aspects hereof provide for generating workflow models from configurable templates. The workflow models may include one or more phases, each comprising one or more processes, each process comprising one or more steps. The Phases, processes, and steps may all be defined by configuring parameters of corresponding templates. Information defining the workflow models and all job information for jobs to be executed are entries in an integrated database such that creation and update of workflow model information and job information is performed as simple database queries and updates.

摘要翻译： 用于灵活，可配置的工作流程处理的方法，系统和设备。 其特征和方面提供从可配置模板生成工作流模型。 工作流模型可以包括一个或多个阶段，每个阶段包括一个或多个过程，每个过程包括一个或多个步骤。 阶段，过程和步骤都可以通过配置相应模板的参数来定义。 定义要执行的作业的工作流模型和所有作业信息的信息是集成数据库中的条目，以便作为简单数据库查询和更新执行工作流模型信息和作业信息的创建和更新。

公开(公告)号：US08274701B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-25

申请号：US12464526

申请日：2009-05-12

申请人： John Seibt

发明人： John Seibt

IPC分类号： B41J2/21 ,  G06K1/00

CPC分类号： B41J2/2103 ,  B41J2/2114

摘要： High speed printing system for printing magnetic ink systems and associated methods are disclosed. A color of the magnetic ink may be designed to resemble one of the non-magnetic inks so that instead of ejecting the one non-magnetic ink, the printing system ejects the magnetic ink. Nozzles in a printhead may also be arranged to be adjacent to each other and may be appropriately spaced without causing the inks to be mixed in the printhead. Additionally, a color transform system may be provided to transform a sheet image in accordance with ejecting at least the magnetic and the non-magnetic ink from the printhead.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于打印磁墨系统和相关方法的高速打印系统。 磁性墨水的颜色可以被设计成类似于一种非磁性墨水，因此打印系统不是喷射一个非磁性墨水而是喷出磁性墨水。 打印头中的喷嘴也可以被布置为彼此相邻，并且可以适当地间隔开，而不会使墨混合在打印头中。 另外，可以提供颜色变换系统以根据至少从打印头喷射磁性和非磁性墨水来转换片材图像。

公开(公告)号：US08127279B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-28

申请号：US11469536

申请日：2006-09-01

申请人： Benjamin A. Boltz ,  Kenneth P. Nolan ,  Debra K. Wagner

发明人： Benjamin A. Boltz ,  Kenneth P. Nolan ,  Debra K. Wagner

IPC分类号： G06F9/45

CPC分类号： G06F17/30616

摘要： Systems and methods associated with indexing of information in documents where the documents include line data with shift out/shift in (“SOSI”) code point encodings. SOSI controls are often embedded in documents encoded as simple line data (data formed to be printed on line printers). A document indexing system in accordance with features and aspects hereof converts the SOSI characters embedded in such a document to reserved codes for presentation on a user interface. The user may then precisely select trigger and field parameters used for identifying index values in such a line data document for purposes of indexing and archiving. The reserved controls help a user identify trigger and field value in a manner that the indexing system can track to determine whether and where the selected trigger and field values contain SOSI characters and thus require different column counting and indexing.

摘要翻译： 与文件中信息索引相关联的系统和方法，其中文档包括带有（“SOSI”）代码点编码的移出/移位的行数据。 SOSI控件通常嵌入在作为简单行数据（被打印在行打印机上的数据）中编码的文档中。 根据本文的特征和方面的文档索引系统将嵌入在这样的文档中的SOSI字符转换为用于在用户界面上呈现的保留代码。 然后，为了索引和归档的目的，用户可以精确地选择用于识别这种行数据文档中的索引值的触发和现场参数。 保留的控件帮助用户以索引系统可以跟踪的方式识别触发和字段值，以确定所选择的触发器和字段值是否包含SOSI字符，以及因此需要不同的列计数和索引。

公开(公告)号：US08027066B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-27

申请号：US12350858

申请日：2009-01-08

申请人： Hong Li ,  Joseph S. Czyszczewski ,  James T. Smith, II

发明人： Hong Li ,  Joseph S. Czyszczewski ,  James T. Smith, II

IPC分类号： H04N1/409 ,  H04N1/60 ,  H04N1/405

CPC分类号： H04N1/6033

摘要： Methods, systems, and media to enhance image processing for a color reprographic system are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may calibrate a component like scanner and/or printer in response to user input and/or coupling the component to the reprographic system. More specifically, embodiments may generate correction parameters that describe differences in color values between an image scanned by a scanner or an image printed by the printer by comparing the outputs to known characteristics like color values for the image. Some embodiments comprise a graphical user interface (GUI) to communicate with the user, allowing the user to select user preferences to change, for example, the brightness of an image being copied. Further embodiments incorporate network and phone system interfaces to communicate with remote components as well as to receive input from and/or output to other systems via email, facsimile, etc.

公开(公告)号：US09230196B2

公开(公告)日：2016-01-05

申请号：US13557778

申请日：2012-07-25

申请人： Arianne Therese Hinds ,  Radu Cucu

发明人： Arianne Therese Hinds ,  Radu Cucu

IPC分类号： G06K15/00 ,  H04N1/405 ,  G06K15/02 ,  G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06K15/02 ,  G06K15/1851 ,  G06K15/186 ,  G06K15/1861 ,  G06K15/1863

摘要： Systems and methods of reusing binary bitmaps for images appearing multiple times in a print job. In one embodiment, a system stores a binary bitmap for an image that appears in a print job. The system determines an offset of the binary bitmap into a sheetside, and calculates position values for the binary bitmap based on the offset of the binary bitmap. The system identifies a next appearance of the image in the print job, determines an offset of the image into a sheetside for the next appearance, and calculates position values for the next appearance of the image based on the offset of the image. The system determines if the position values for the image correspond with the position values for the binary bitmap, and verifies that the binary bitmap is reusable for the next appearance of the image if the position values correspond.

摘要翻译： 对打印作业中出现多次的图像重复使用二进制位图的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，系统存储出现在打印作业中的图像的二进制位图。 系统将二进制位图的偏移量确定为片材，并且基于二进制位图的偏移来计算二进制位图的位置值。 系统识别打印作业中的图像的下一个外观，将图像的偏移确定为用于下一个外观的片材，并且基于图像的偏移来计算下一次出现的图像的位置值。 系统确定图像的位置值是否与二进制位图的位置值相对应，并且如果位置值对应，则验证二进制位图对于图像的下一个出现是可重复使用的。

公开(公告)号：US08922822B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-30

申请号：US13204170

申请日：2011-08-05

申请人： Arianne T. Hinds

发明人： Arianne T. Hinds

IPC分类号： G06K15/00 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06K15/02 ,  G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06K15/1889 ,  G06K15/1886

摘要： A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first data component of an image data stream at a cache within a control unit, appending a first signature value to the first data component to obtain a first modified image data and generating a second signature value based on the first modified image data.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种方法。 该方法包括在控制单元内的高速缓存处接收图像数据流的第一数据分量，将第一签名值附加到第一数据分量以获得第一修改图像数据，并基于第一修改图像生成第二签名值 数据。

公开(公告)号：US08904283B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-02

申请号：US12793236

申请日：2010-06-03

申请人： John B. Condon ,  Reinhard H. Hohensee ,  Harry R. Lewis ,  Scott D. Mastie ,  Charles M. Sauer ,  David E. Stone ,  Howard L. Turetzky ,  Douglas I. Ward

发明人： John B. Condon ,  Reinhard H. Hohensee ,  Harry R. Lewis ,  Scott D. Mastie ,  Charles M. Sauer ,  David E. Stone ,  Howard L. Turetzky ,  Douglas I. Ward

IPC分类号： G06F17/21

CPC分类号： G06F17/211 ,  Y10S707/913 ,  Y10S707/917

摘要： Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating and associating meta-data with a final form presentation datastream document where the meta-data is structured in accordance with the datastream component architectures. Meta-data objects (“MDOs”) are architected as components of a presentation document and thus are well defined to allow applications to reliably access and process the meta-data contained therein. The MDOs may be associated with other components of the document and are architected to be extensible and flexible while still adhering to an architectural structure. The MDOs may be descriptive (no affect in document presentation) or operational (affects document presentation if processed). Standard types of MDOs may include XML standard information, JDF standard information, PWG standard information, and digital signature information. A variety of standard categories further define typical meta-data forms and applications thereof.

摘要翻译： 用于生成和关联元数据与最终形式呈现数据流文档的方法，系统和装置，其中元数据根据数据流组件架构构造。 元数据对象（“MDO”）被构造为演示文稿的组件，因此被很好地定义为允许应用程序可靠地访问和处理其中包含的元数据。 MDO可能与文档的其他组件相关联，并被设计为可扩展和灵活，同时仍然遵循架构结构。 MDO可能是描述性的（文档呈现中没有影响）或操作（如果处理，影响文档呈现）。 标准类型的MDO可以包括XML标准信息，JDF标准信息，PWG标准信息和数字签名信息。 各种标准类别进一步定义了典型的元数据形式及其应用。