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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:
Apr. 02, 2002

Filed:

Sep. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Richard Dermer, Issaquah, WA (US);

Douglas R. Becker, Ayer, MA (US);

Dennis Mercer, Auburn, NH (US);

Assignee:

Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/500 ;
Abstract

Method and apparatus for rasterizing a resolution-independent page description for printing. A peeker (gap between two visible edges in vector representation that is narrower than a printer pixel) is identified between a first visible edge and a second visible edge, and a color adjustment is made to at least one of the edges. In one embodiment, a side of the second visible edge facing a side of the first visible edge is identified. The color of the identified side of the first visible edge is changed based on the color of the identified side of the second visible edge. The color adjustment is advantageous in connection with methods of trapping.


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