| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7212312 |
Automatic scanner calibration |
May 1, 2007 |
| An automatic scanner calibration method and apparatus is disclosed in which a calibrated target, such as a Kodak.RTM. gray strip, is attached to a scanning surface of a scanner. The target is thin and has a width or length of platen of a scanner. During a normal scan, the calibration |
| 7204484 |
Simple and inexpensive high-capacity output catch tray for document production machines |
April 17, 2007 |
| 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 |
| 7081969 |
Automatic print load balancing |
July 25, 2006 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided for print load balancing, cluster printing and color and black-and-white page splitting. Print load balancing methods and apparatus route print jobs to the most available printer or split printing over more than one printer. Cluster printing methods |
| 7002700 |
Method and system for merging scan files into a color workflow |
February 21, 2006 |
| A method and system for scanning documents in a network environment and merging the resulting scan files with other documents into a printing workflow provides a user interface in which the user merges a scan file and a document file on a page basis by selecting thumbnail images of the |
| 6930795 |
Printing method and apparatus having multiple raster image processors |
August 16, 2005 |
| The invention provides a printing method and apparatus, comprising a software application that works with proprietary printing utilities, and that may include one or more additional software components for adding additional printing technology. The invention also comprises an automatic |
| 6879409 |
Printing method and apparatus having multiple raster image processors |
April 12, 2005 |
| A multiple raster image processor ("RIP") system is described that enables faster system performance over multiple processors, and includes a zero RIP feature consisting of a language interpreter sub-RIP that interprets a print instruction file but does not process the graphics rendering |
| 6832865 |
Simple and inexpensive high-capacity output catch tray for document production machines |
December 21, 2004 |
| 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 |
| 6572293 |
Simple and inexpensive high-capacity output catch tray for document production machines |
June 3, 2003 |
| 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 |
| 6559958 |
Printing method and apparatus having multiple raster image processors |
May 6, 2003 |
| A multiple raster image processor (RIP) system is described that enables faster system performance over multiple processors, and includes a zero RIP feature consisting of a language interpreter sub-RIP that interprets a print instruction file but does not process the graphics rendering s |
| 6549300 |
Method and apparatus for tab printing |
April 15, 2003 |
| A method and apparatus which configures a printer for printing ordered stock by using a template. The template has various parameters which the user inputs. Examples of input parameters involve the printing of tabs. A user inputs tab parameters such as the number of positions, text offse |
| 6519053 |
Method and apparatus for smart job ticket processing for print streams |
February 11, 2003 |
| A method and system of print job processing initiated by a client communicating-computer communicating with a printer server system comprising operations performed by the client communicating-computer including a rip pre-processing operation. |
| 6356359 |
Toner usage estimation system |
March 12, 2002 |
| A toner usage estimation system is provided, in which an image file is analyzed to determine the relative usage of one or more toners used to define an image on a substrate. The image file is analyzed as a basis for estimating the cost of processing a particular print job. In one emb |
| 6341018 |
Preprocessing method for a variable data print job system |
January 22, 2002 |
| Methods of translating a print object stream into a print job stream are claimed. The print object stream contains a succession of print objects. The print job stream contains print job objects. |
| 6327050 |
Printing method and apparatus having multiple raster image processors |
December 4, 2001 |
| A multiple raster image processor (RIP) system which enables faster system performance over multiple processors includes a zero RIP feature consisting of a language interpreter sub-RIP that interprets a print instruction file but does not process the graphics rendering steps or the p |
| 6327047 |
Automatic scanner calibration |
December 4, 2001 |
| An automatic scanner calibration method and apparatus is disclosed in which a calibrated target, such as a Kodak.RTM. gray strip, is attached to a scanning surface of a scanner. The target is thin and has a width or length of platen of a scanner. During a normal scan, the calibration |
| 6224048 |
Mixed format document finishing system responsive to a single page having an encoded document as |
May 1, 2001 |
| A hybrid mixed format document that contains document portions prepared by different format sources, such as both black and white and colored pages, prepared by separately printing the colored pages on a color printer, and the black and white pages on a black and white printer. The two d |
