Xerox Corporation

David Clark Craig

Eliud Robles Flores

Chu-Heng Liu

Varun Sambhy

John Stephen Facci

David S Derleth

Paul Roberts Conlon

Brian Robert Conrow

Lee Coy Moore

David Allen Mantell

Jonathan Byron Hunter

Douglas E Proctor

Lalit Keshav Mestha

Peter Paul

Robert Paul Herloski

Michael John Martin

Jack Gaynor Elliot

Lam F Wong

Mark C Petropoulos

Mark James Hirsch

Eliud Robles-Flores

Christine Ann Steurrys

Song-Feng Mo

Stephen F Randall

Fan Shi

Wendy K Apton

Shen-Ge Wang

Jason Mathew LeFevre

Stuart Alan Schweid

Patricia Joanne Donaldson

Paul S Bonino

James Patrick Calamita

Ralph A Shoemaker

Roberto A Irizarry

Patrick Jun Howe

Jorge Mario Rodriguez

William G Osbourne

Patrick James Walker

Shawn Patrick Updegraff

David R Kretschmann

Douglas Raymond Taylor

Jennifer R Wagner

Dragana Pavlovic

Brendan McNamara

Patricio G Medina

Ka Hei Fung

Justine M Woods

James A Spence

William B Willard

A system and method are provided wherein, in at least one form, artificial intelligence is used to identify objects in a document to be considered for metallic rendering or printing on a substrate. Then, the options for printing, including the considerations for rendering in metallic toner or ink, are, in at least one form, presented to the user for acceptance or rejection before the actual printing is initiated.

System and method for improved print rendering using metallic object detection techniques on input images

A method of producing an electrically conductive line, the method including providing a substrate, printing a first layer on the substrate, applying a powdered conductive material to the first layer, and bonding the powdered conductive material to the first layer.

System, apparatus, and method for producing printed electrically conductive lines

A method is disclosed. For example, the method includes printing an image on a substrate, applying an adhesive on select portions of the image, coupling the image to a wave guide such that the adhesive contacts a surface of the wave guide, and providing a light through the wave guide such that the light is emitted through the wave guide and the adhesive and the light is reflected by the select portions of the image back through the adhesive and the wave guide.

Method and apparatus to add light sources to a print

A method is disclosed. For example, the method executed by a processor of a multi-function device (MFD) includes executing a defect learning routine to identify defects, cataloging the defects based on a job function, a type of paper, and a machine state, receiving a job request, determining a known defect that has been catalogued based on the job function, the type of paper, and the machine state, and presenting a visualization of the known defect on a display of a user interface before executing the job request.

Defect detection for multi-function devices using machine learning

According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided a method of determining the amount of fountain solution employed in a digital offset lithography printing system. Fountain solution thickness is determined from diagnostic images that are printed and analyzed using the existing Image Based Controls (IBC). An analysis of the density of solids, halftones, and background as a function of the fountain solution control parameter is performed to decide on the appropriate level of fountain solution. A latitude window of control parameters is then derived for which the digital offset lithography printing system in operation minimizes the undesirable effects of too much or too little fountain solution.

Method and system to infer fountain solution thickness from diagnostic images produced at various fountain solution control parameters

According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided a method of determining the amount of fountain solution employed in a digital offset lithography printing system. Fountain solution thickness is determined by examining optical density of some halftone or solid patch versus laser current level. The apparatus and method uses a variable current signal to dither or perturb the laser imaging system to irradiate a fountain solution layer to create patches at different laser current levels. An aptly programmed controller then process optical density measurements to indirectly estimate fountain solution level.

Method and system for indirect measurement of fountain solution using variable laser power

A display device component includes an optical waveguide having a surface; a first material formed on a portion of the surface of the optical waveguide; and a second material formed on a portion of the first material. The first material has light scattering properties.

System and method for image specific illumination of image printed on optical waveguide

A printer for producing a print media moving in a process direction including a print engine, a fuser, a full width array and a duplexing path. The print engine is operatively arranged to receive the print media and to apply a first dry marking material to a first surface of the print media. The fuser is arranged subsequently to the print engine in the process direction and is operatively arranged to receive the print media with the first dry marking material applied to the first surface of the print media and to fix the first dry marking material on the first surface using at least one of heat and pressure. The full width array is arranged subsequently to the fuser and is operatively arranged to obtain a first image of the first surface of the print media, the first image being used to quantify a flatness of the print media and/or image quality of the first image. The duplexing path is arranged subsequently to the full width array.

System, apparatus, and method for printing large format media and targeted decurling of various printing processes

A method is disclosed. For example, the method executed by a processor of a multi-function device (MFD) includes receiving a grammar-based voice search for a workflow, processing the grammar-based voice search into normalized terms associated with the MFD, searching for workflows that match the normalized terms from the grammar-based voice search, and displaying matching workflows in a sorted order on a user interface of the MFD.

Multi-function device with grammar-based workflow search

A support material toner particle for use in xerographic additive manufacturing includes aPVA polymer blend including apolyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer and blend-additives including a chitosan and a polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), the amount of blend-additives is selected to adjust the Tof the PVA polymerblendto be within about 1&#xb0; C. to about 20&#xb0; C. of a desired build material toner T. A xerographic toner system includes a build toner material and a support toner material, the support toner material includesa PVA polymer blend includinga polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer and blend-additives including a chitosan and a polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), the amount of blend-additives is selected to adjust the Tof the PVA polymerblendto be within about 1&#xb0; C. to about 20&#xb0; C. of the build material toner T. A method of making a support toner material includes blending polyvinyl alcohol with blend additives including a chitosan and polyvinylpyrrolidone and forming support toner particles after the blending step.

Support material comprising polyvinylalcohol and its use in xerographic additive manufacturing

3-D printing transfers build material and support from an intermediate transfer belt (ITB) to a platen. The build material is the same as the support material, except that the build material includes a photoinitiator and the support material does not. The platen moves to make contact with the ITB, and the ITB transfers successive layers of build material and support material each time the platen contacts the ITB. The platen and a portion of the ITB that is adjacent the platen are heated prior to the platen contacting the ITB, and the same is exposed so as to crosslink polymers of build material, without crosslinking polymers of support material. The polymers of build material being crosslinked and the polymers of support material not being crosslinked makes the support material selectively soluble in a solvent.

3-D printing using intermediate transfer belt and curable polymers

3-D printers include a transfuse station having at least one roller on one side of an ITB supporting the ITB, and a transmission device on the same side of the ITB. A charge neutralizer is included on a second side of the intermediate transfer surface. The charge neutralizer outputs an opposite charge to neutralize existing static charge on a layer of the build material and the support material on the ITB, before the layer reaches the transfer station. Additionally, the intermediate transfer surface transfers the layer to a platen each time the platen contacts the second side of the intermediate transfer surface, at the transfer station, to successively form layers of the build material and the support material on the platen. Also, the transmission device outputs acoustic waves to cause the layer to move from the intermediate transfer surface to the platen, or to the layers on the platen.

Acoustic transfude 3-D printing

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David Clark Craig