System for scanning recycled paper before printing
US7581800B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 17, 2005 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J11/008
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for printing to recycled paper sheets, by scanning a sheet for existing marks, comparing them with the intended output, and printing upon determining the suitability of printing the intended output to the sheet. When recycled paper is used for printing, the intended output is sometimes printed on the wrong side of the sheet, resulting in wasted paper, toner, and other resources. This system avoids printing to the wrong side of sheets, and enables adjustment of intended output for better result. Sheets can be reversed, rotated, and discarded, and the intended output can be adjusted by shrinking, moving, and rotating. Methods also include previewing the output and the existing marks together, low-resolution processing, printing shading patterns on existing marks, rearranging scaled-down pages of N-up printing, Duplex support, collision detection with user-customizable, threshold overlap value and separation distance, and estimating separation distance by boundary-augmentation of alternating 4- and 8-neighbors.
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