Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Infoprintsolutions Company, LLC

Craig D Brossman

Scott David Mastie

Michael Glen Lotz

John B Condon

Michael E Haller

Thomas Ruehle

David Tanigawa

Bryan D Keil

Ronald Smith

A computer generated method disclosed. The method includes examining a print job data stream spooled in a spooled print production file, identifying one or more white space regions within documents in the print production file and inserting content into each of the white space regions.

White space management mechanism

A computer generated method disclosed. The method includes each filter within a chain of filters of a pipes and filters architectural pattern declaring a pass requirement to indicate a number of times the filter is to be processed to produce final form data and processing a stream of data at each filter within the chain of filters to produce the final form data.

Multiple pass pipe/filter date stream processing mechanism

A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a Portable Document Format (PDF) print job file, applying a first transform to generate an Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) image print job data stream and applying a second transform to generate an AFP text print job data stream.

Print format transform mechanism

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Durango, CO, United States of America

Craig D Brossman