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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2003
Raymond E. Clark, Georgetown, KY (US);
David K. Lane, Stamping Ground, KY (US);
Cary P. Ravitz, Lexington, KY (US);
Stanley C. Tungate, Jr., Lexington, KY (US);
Raymond E. Clark, Georgetown, KY (US);
David K. Lane, Stamping Ground, KY (US);
Cary P. Ravitz, Lexington, KY (US);
Stanley C. Tungate, Jr., Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for estimating single or multi-colored toner coverage on a printed page. One method includes generating color plane bitmaps corresponding to each color in a contone bitmap and calculating pixel coverage values for each of the color plane contone bitmaps. Another method includes receiving image data to be printed, generating color separations for the image data corresponding to available toner colors, printing each color separation on a printed page, scanning each printed page comprising the color separation and calculating toner coverage on each of the scanned printed pages.