Green printing: re-purposing a document to save ink and paper
US9032284B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2206/1514
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Green printing is utilized to repurpose a document. An indication is received that a printout of a document from a printer has been requested. The document has content with a format that would result in a first quantity of pages being printed. The content is grouped into one or more regions. Further, one or more transformations are applied to the content for each region such that the printer prints the document with the content in a transformed format that results in a second quantity of pages being printed without falling below a predetermined readability threshold. The second quantity of pages is less than the first quantity of pages. Further, the one or more transformations being applied to the document may result in a second quantity of ink being utilized to print the document such that the second quantity of ink being less than the first quantity of ink.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.