Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Kyocera Mita Corporation

Arturo Becerra

Jayant Bhatt

Javier A Morales

Edwin Philip Lockwood

Robert T Cunningham

Neil-Paul Payoyo Bermundo

Alan D Curtis

Robert Westervelt

Stephen Alan Schwartz

A raster image processor (RIP) system is used in a printing system to process a variety of different jobs. A front end receives the jobs and determines the job type. The job types include a print job, a preview job, and an estimation job. Depending on the type of job, the front end configures the RIPs within RIP system accordingly to process the job. The RIPs may process the job in parallel, with a high performance RIP processing the first page of the job. If the job is not processed in parallel, then the front end assigns the job to a very high performance RIP. The front end also assigns the preview job to a preview RIP and the estimation job to an estimation RIP. The front end configures RIPs as needed.

Methods and printing system using raster image processors (RIPs) configured for processing a preview job

Methods and printing system using raster image processors configured for processing a job

A printing computing device connects to a printing device using a fast data transfer connector to enable additional functionality and capabilities not offered by the printing device. The printing computing device connects to a network to receive print jobs from external devices within the network. The printing computing device processes the print jobs according to rules such that print jobs are processed accordingly. The printing computing device also includes firmware not available on the printing device such that print jobs not supported by the printing device still may be processed. The printing computing device also includes an engine that determines whether an incoming print job is a PDL print job or a command to perform a function not available on the printing device.

Printing computing device for printing PPL jobs having video data and methods for use with a printing system for printing PPL jobs having video data

A printing computing device connects to a multi-function printing (MFP) device to enable additional functionality and capabilities not offered by the MFP device. The printing computing device connects to a network to receive print jobs from external devices within the network. The printing computing device processes the print jobs according to rules such that print jobs are processed accordingly. The printing computing device also includes firmware not available on the MFP device such that print jobs not supported by the MFP device still may be processed. The printing computing device also includes an engine that determines whether an incoming print job is a PDL print job or a command to perform a function not available on the MFP device.

Printing computing device for processing a print job to print a document at a multi-function printing device

Displaying an authentication interface on an operation panel associated with a printing device, the operation panel including a plurality of authentication areas. Receiving a user authentication request. Detecting a particular authentication pattern associated with the user authentication request. Retrieving a registered authentication pattern associated with the user. Comparing the particular authentication pattern with the registered authentication pattern. Determining, based on the comparing, whether the user authentication request is authorized. If the user authentication request is authorized, retrieving a first electronic document associated with the user, and printing the first electronic document. If the user authentication request is not authorized, determining whether the first electronic document includes a confidential object, obtaining, in response to determining the first electronic document includes a confidential object, an alternative object associated with the confidential object, and generating a second electronic document by replacing the confidential object with the alternative object on the first electronic document.

Systems and methods for secure printing

A system for enabling client software applications to interface with peripheral devices over a network. An application connection layer interfaces with a programming language of a client software application. A simple object access protocol (SOAP) client processor communicates with the application connection layer and a client software application using the application connection layer. The SOAP client processor includes an eXtensible mark-up language (XML) processor for converting data provided in XML format to a form usable by the client software application. A transport layer for interfaces with the SOAP processor and peripheral devices connected to the network.

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Arturo Becerra