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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Casey E. Walker, Boulder, CO (US);
Scott Johnson, Erie, CO (US);
Sean K. Fitzsimons, Thornton, CO (US);
Stuart J. Boland, Denver, CO (US);
William Edward Manchester, Erie, CO (US);
Casey E. Walker, Boulder, CO (US);
Scott Johnson, Erie, CO (US);
Sean K. Fitzsimons, Thornton, CO (US);
Stuart J. Boland, Denver, CO (US);
William Edward Manchester, Erie, CO (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for generating flush lines that do not interfere with control marks for post-processing equipment. The system includes a print controller able to receive a print job and to insert printable control marks into the print job to direct the actions of post-processing equipment. The system also includes an ink flushing controller that can detect horizontal locations of the control marks along the width of the print job. Responsive to detecting the locations of the control marks, the ink flushing controller can generate flush lines for the print job that have altered optical densities at the horizontal locations.