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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. 27, 2010

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2006
Applicants:

Michael W. Barry, Duluth, GA (US);

Carlos A. Espinosa, Duluth, GA (US);

Kevin M. Hoffman, Atlanta, GA (US);

Robert Gregory Pennington, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Michael D. Raines, Duluth, GA (US);

Inventors:

Michael W. Barry, Duluth, GA (US);

Carlos A. Espinosa, Duluth, GA (US);

Kevin M. Hoffman, Atlanta, GA (US);

Robert Gregory Pennington, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Michael D. Raines, Duluth, GA (US);

Assignee:

Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for processing a print job including a plurality of raster image processed pages. A tab page is created that includes a tab image located at a predetermined position in the tab page, the predetermined position associated with a tab position on tab stock. The tab page is raster image processed, and the rasterized tab page is inserted at a selected position in the print job. The tab image is detected on the rasterized tab page at the predetermined location, and then the rasterized tab image is positioned at the associated tab position.


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