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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019

Filed:

May. 31, 2012
Applicants:

Linda S. Liebelt, Boulder, CO (US);

Marquis G. Waller, Beverly, OH (US);

Scott Ziegler, Westminster, CO (US);

Inventors:

Linda S. Liebelt, Boulder, CO (US);

Marquis G. Waller, Beverly, OH (US);

Scott Ziegler, Westminster, CO (US);

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/46 (2013.01); H04N 1/60 (2013.01); H04N 1/6013 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for generating printed samples of a print job. The system receives a print job, and generates samples for the print job according to different sets of printing parameters. The system determines estimates of printing resource usage based on each set of printing parameters, and initiates printing of the samples along with the resource usage estimates. Further, the system receives user input selecting one of the samples, and initiates printing of the print job according to the printing parameters of the selected sample.


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