| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE38732 |
Printing system and method |
May 10, 2005 |
| A image is printed from a source of drawing instructions. The image is reducible to pixels arranged in a plurality of ranked image lines. The system employs a storage device having compressed and uncompressed regions. Each region has a designated capacity and each is arranged to stor |
| RE36947 |
Printing system and method |
November 7, 2000 |
| A image is printed from a source of drawing instructions. The image is reducible to pixels arranged in a plurality of ranked image lines. The system employs a storage device having compressed and uncompressed regions. Each region has a designated capacity and each is arranged to stor |
| D444793 |
Command workstation image for a computer display |
July 10, 2001 |
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| D439851 |
Hand-held color measurement instrument |
April 3, 2001 |
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| D430206 |
Stylus |
August 29, 2000 |
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| D417864 |
Computer housing |
December 21, 1999 |
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| D416550 |
Computer icon on a computer monitor |
November 16, 1999 |
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| D406117 |
Electrical equipment case |
February 23, 1999 |
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| 7600867 |
Radiation treatment for ink jet fluids |
October 13, 2009 |
| A printing system that includes a source which emits UV radiation to polymerize a fluid that is deposited onto a substrate by one or more print heads. The source emits low energy UV radiation sufficient to set the fluid to a quasi-fluid, non-hardened state. |
| 7598964 |
Apparatus and methods for editing hue and saturation in color profiles |
October 6, 2009 |
| Apparatus and methods are provided for editing color profiles. In particular, apparatus and methods in accordance with this invention receive an output color including a first hue, identify from the color profile a plurality of output color values that have a hue substantially equal |
| 7587468 |
Methods and systems for the provision of printing services |
September 8, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to methods and systems for providing printing services over a communications network. In particular, the present invention enables a user to obtain print jobs at an unspecified location which may be remote from the source of the print job. A spooling ser |
| 7587336 |
Iterative constraint collection scheme for preparation of custom manufacturing contracts |
September 8, 2009 |
| A series of iterative customer submissions and vendor responses are used to collect sufficient information concerning a custom manufacturing project so as to produce a sufficiently constrained job request as to allow at least one of the vendors to submit a quote for the project. The |
| 7579388 |
Radiation curable ink compositions and applications thereof |
August 25, 2009 |
| Radiation curable ink compositions that include a curable component having a functionality that is greater than two, is present in the ink composition in an amount greater than 30 percent by weight, and has a molecular weight in the range of about 400 g/mole to about 10,000 g/mole; a |
| 7574546 |
Methods and apparatus for requesting and receiving a print job at a printer |
August 11, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for requesting and receiving print jobs over a communications network. In particular, the present invention enables a user to obtain print jobs at a location which may be unspecified, and which may be remote from the source of the pr |
| 7574545 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a document output device with a control request stored at a |
August 11, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for controlling a document output device. A control request for controlling the document output device is forwarded from a client device to a server via a network. The control request is stored at the server and communicated to t |
| 7564583 |
Methods and apparatus for reconstructing digitized images |
July 21, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus for reconstructing digitized images are provided that include an image reconstruction path that receives a digitized image and provides a processed RGB or CMYK image that may be printed or stored in memory. The image reconstruction path is configured to operate in |
| 7562957 |
Methods and apparatus for backlit and dual-sided imaging |
July 21, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus for backlit and dual-sided imaging are described. A print head array is provided comprising first and second print heads arranged along a single print head axis. The first print head is adapted to print first and second images on a substrate, and the second print |
| 7554687 |
Methods and apparatus for determining toner level in electro-photographic print engines |
June 30, 2009 |
| The toner in the toner cartridge is determined by taking each of the rasterized images output by the RIP and evaluating the pixel levels over the surface thereof. The average value is determined as a percentage of the maximum toner that can be applied to the page. This is then subtra |
| 7552923 |
Simple and inexpensive high capacity output catch tray for document production machines |
June 30, 2009 |
| The invention is relates to a simple, inexpensive high capacity output catch tray for copiers and other document production machines. The output tray automatically increases in capacity as the stack of copies in it accumulates, without external power source or control. |
| 7552207 |
Systems for the provision of printing services |
June 23, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to systems for providing printing services over a communications network. In particular, the present invention enables a user to obtain print jobs at an unspecified location, which may be remote from the source of the print job. Spooling means are used to |
| 7532347 |
Methods and apparatus for routing pages to printers in a multi-print engine as a function of pri |
May 12, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus are described for routing page data of a print job to printers in a multi-engine printing system based on print job parameters associated with the page data. One or more virtual printers are configured, each with a plurality of individual print engines, each hav |
| 7528974 |
Methods and apparatus for providing universal print services and asynchronous message services |
May 5, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided for providing print capability in connection with SMS messages to mobile device users. A content source communicates information regarding a print job to a mobile device user using SMS messages. The mobile device user then may obtain a hardcopy prin |
| 7522770 |
Methods and apparatus for automated image correction for digital image acquisition |
April 21, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided for automatically correcting colors of a digital image. The methods and apparatus create a first digital image of a target test sheet under a predetermined lighting condition, the target test sheet including a plurality of regions, each region including |
| 7522311 |
Methods and apparatus for colorant reduction |
April 21, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus for performing colorant limitation are provided that receive input data, desired output response data and measured (or specified) output response data for a print output device, and determine converted input data that accounts for differences between the measured |
| 7506253 |
Methods and apparatus for recording web information |
March 17, 2009 |
| Methods, systems and apparatus are provided that capture a full page of information displayed in a web browser in a native format, convert the native format data to an intermediate format, and communicate the intermediate format data over a network to an output server. The intermedia |
| 7495812 |
Printing device using color profile calibration and method for operating a printing device using |
February 24, 2009 |
| The invention relates to a printing device and a method of operating the printing device, it being possible for the following steps to be carried out: printing a calibration print by means of the printing device, the calibration print having a plurality of measuring areas with different |
| 7489422 |
Methods and apparatus for real time calibration of a print system marking engine |
February 10, 2009 |
| Methods and apparatus are disclosed for modifying the rendered output of a marking engine for a print job in progress. A marking engine commences printing print data for a print job. A parameter of a printed page of the print job is measured while the marking engine prints the print job. |
| 7480070 |
Spot color pattern system |
January 20, 2009 |
| A spot color pattern system provides a naming convention that allows the user to name a custom spot color pattern. A Raster Image Processing (RIP) has a database of spot color patterns that are user definable and are patterns which are images of a textile, fabric, metal, etc., that are |
| 7471403 |
Apparatus and methods for selectively distributing print pages in multiple print engine systems |
December 30, 2008 |
| A multiple print engine configuration allows a plurality of workstations to create individual print jobs and then transfer them to a distributing processor. The distributing processor spools the jobs in a print spooler and then performs a software raster image processing ("RIP") operatio |
| 7466441 |
Apparatus and methods for distributing print jobs |
December 16, 2008 |
| Apparatus and methods for distributing print jobs. A print job is generated at an application node of a network, and has associated therewith print parameters. The print job is routed to a distribution node on the network. The parameters are then parsed from the generated print job a |
| 7463374 |
Methods and apparatus for secure printing |
December 9, 2008 |
| Systems and methods are provided for securely communicating a print job to a printer, the systems and methods pausing the print job in a print queue on a client computer, obtaining first authentication information regarding a user at the client computer, obtaining second authentication |
| 7461377 |
Method and apparatus for automatically managing capabilities in a virtual printer group |
December 2, 2008 |
| A method for dynamically managing printers comprises a mechanism for printing from a network of printers that belong to a virtual printer group to meet the user's request for printing. The invention does this by requesting an options and capabilities file from each printer and then g |
| 7460721 |
Methods and apparatus for data compression with a hybrid context |
December 2, 2008 |
| A plurality of compression schemes are provided that achieve improved compression ratios. A first embodiment provides for compression of each pixel by one of a plurality of different entropy-based compression schemes based upon a probability cost analysis. A second embodiment provide |
| 7460265 |
Apparatus and methods for printing a print job over a network |
December 2, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for printing print jobs over a communications network. In particular, the present invention enables a user to obtain print jobs at a location which may be unspecified, and which may be remote from the source of the print job. A s |
| 7453596 |
Digital pulse width modulator for use in electrostatic printing mechanisms |
November 18, 2008 |
| A fully digital pulse width modulator substantially doubles resolution in a laser printer by outputting data to the laser on both the rising and falling edges of the clock cycle. A counter and the clock itself are used to select input to a multiplexer, and consequently, the data output t |
| 7433078 |
Methods and apparatus for calibrating a digital color imaging device that uses multi-hue coloran |
October 7, 2008 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided for calibrating a digital color imaging device to a printing press by determining a total colorant limit, per-channel colorant limits, and channel linearization tables using calorimetric and/or spectrophotometric techniques. In addition, for digital |
| 7426033 |
Methods and apparatus for colorimetrically characterizing color deviation in color imaging devic |
September 16, 2008 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided that print a set of similar color patches using a color output device, determine colorimetric values for each color patch, calculate a standard deviation value for each of the colorimetric values, and calculate a numerical value that is a function o |
| 7397961 |
Apparatus and methods for digital image compression |
July 8, 2008 |
| Methods and systems for compression of digital images (still or motion sequences) are provided wherein predetermined criteria may be used to identify a plurality of areas of interest in the image, and each area of interest is encoded with a corresponding quality level (Q-factor). In |
| 7397583 |
Method and device for proofing raster print data while maintaining the raster information |
July 8, 2008 |
| The screened printing data are subjected to a filtering method, the raster information being maintained. Intermediate tonal values are produced by the filtering method, using the binary tonal values, the intermediate tonal values being configured in such a way that, by means of a color |
| 7396119 |
Apparatus and methods for water-based ink printing |
July 8, 2008 |
| A printer that includes at least one printhead mounted to a carriage of a printing system, and a secondary ink container mounted to the carriage and which holds an ink and is in fluid communication with the at least one printhead. A pressure source in fluid communication with the sec |
| 7389452 |
Methods and apparatus for monitoring internal signals in an integrated circuit |
June 17, 2008 |
| Apparatus and methods are provided for debugging an integrated circuit. Local multiplexer circuits are provided near first and second circuit blocks in the integrated circuit. Each multiplexer circuit includes input nodes, a control node, and an output node. A first input node of the |
| 7367559 |
Simple and inexpensive high-capacity output catch tray for document production machines |
May 6, 2008 |
| The invention is relates to a simple, inexpensive high capacity output catch tray for copiers and other document production machines. The output tray automatically increases in capacity as the stack of copies in it accumulates, without external power source or control, while maintaining |
| 7365105 |
Radiation curable ink compositions and applications thereof |
April 29, 2008 |
| Radiation curable ink compositions that include a curable component having a functionality that is greater than two, is present in the ink composition in an amount greater than 30 percent by weight, and has a molecular weight in the range of about 400 g/mole to about 10,000 g/mole; a |
| 7349124 |
Methods and apparatus for real time calibration of a marking engine in a print system |
March 25, 2008 |
| Methods and apparatus are disclosed for modifying the rendered output of a marking engine for a print job in progress. A marking engine commences printing print data for a print job. A parameter of a printed page of the print job is measured while the marking engine prints the print job. |
| 7343438 |
Methods and apparatus for requesting and receiving a print job via a polling device associated w |
March 11, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for requesting and receiving print jobs over a communications network. In particular, the present invention enables a user to obtain print jobs at a location which may be unspecified, and which may be remote from the source of the pr |
| 7342686 |
Method and apparatus for providing a color-balanced multiple print engine |
March 11, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus is disclosed for color balancing page data, from a variety of input sources having non-consistent device color profiles, among a plurality of individually accessible print engines arranged in a system for color printing multiple copies of multiple page documents. |
| 7307761 |
Methods and apparatus for watermarking digitally printed documents |
December 11, 2007 |
| A form of stochastic random distribution is used to print an invisible watermark using a typical, e.g. 600 dpi, printer. The watermark contains such information as "Do Not Copy," or other such information. While the watermark is not visible on a first generation version of a document tha |
| 7304753 |
Systems for print job monitoring |
December 4, 2007 |
| A client print server link is provided, which uses two-way communication between a client computer and a printing system typically having networked output devices and print servers. The client print server link provides detailed information regarding each print server and connected d |
| 7302103 |
Apparatus and methods for digital image compression |
November 27, 2007 |
| Methods and systems for compression of digital images (still or motion sequences) are provided wherein predetermined criteria may be used to identify a plurality of areas of interest in the image, and each area of interest is encoded with a corresponding quality level (Q-factor). In |
| 7302095 |
Method and apparatus for automated image correction for digital image acquisition |
November 27, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided for automatically correcting colors of a digital image. The methods and apparatus create a first digital image of a target test sheet under a predetermined lighting condition, the target test sheet including a plurality of regions, each region including |
