Post RIP paper conversion

• US 7,133,152 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2002
• Issued: 11/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Wu, Vincent
• Primary Examiner(s): Popovici, Dov
• Application Number:
  US10/094,347
• Publication Number:
  US 20030160990A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,705 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.2, 358/1.1, 358/1.6, 358/1.9, 358/1.11, 358/1.12, 358/1.13, 358/1.14, 358/1.15, 358/1.16, 358/1.18, 358/3.12, 358/451, 358/449, 358/468, 358/528, 382/254, 382/298
• US Class Current: 358/1.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1205 resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1208 resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1227 Printer definition files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/125 Page layout or assigning input pages onto output media, e.g. imposition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1255 Settings incompatibility, e.g. constraints, user requirements vs. device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1256 User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1284 Local printer device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3935 with modification of image resolution, i.e. determining the values of picture elements at new relative positions

Abstract

A system and method for converting an image to the available paper size being used by the image forming apparatus. A print job is sent to a spooler. A RIP processor then generates image faces for the print job. After the RIP process, the image forming apparatus converts the print job to the paper being used by the image forming apparatus. The print job may also be scaled if desired. Typical conversions are Letter size to A4, A4 to Letter size, Ledger size to A3, and A3 to Ledger size.

Claims

1. A system for selectively sizing a bitmapped image comprising:

means adapted for receiving image face format data representative of regional output format settings of bitmapped image data in a controller associated with a document rendering device;

means adapted for receiving, from a storage associated with the controller, region data representative of regional default output characteristics associated therewith;

alteration means adapted for generating a modified bitmapped image by performing at least one of a truncation and resizing of the bitmapped image data in the event that the regional output format settings do not correspond with the regional default output characteristics ; and

means adapted for outputting the modified bitmapped image data to the associated document rendering device.

2. The system for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 1 wherein the alteration means further comprising scaling means adapted for scaling the received bitmapped image data to correspond with the document output characteristics.

3. The system for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 1 wherein the alteration means is adapted to retain the resolution of the received bitmapped image data during the modification of the bitmapped image data.

4. The system for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 1 further comprising spooling means adapted for spooling the received bitmapped image data.

5. The system for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 4 wherein the spooling means spools the received bitmapped image data prior to the alteration means selectively modifying the bitmapped image data.

6. The system for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 1 further comprising means adapted for rendering the received bitmapped image data to a tangible output medium.

7. The system for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 1 wherein the alteration means selectively modifies the bitmapped image data from at least one of letter size to A4 size, A4 size to letter size, ledger size to A3 size, and A3 size to ledger size.

8. A method for selectively sizing a bitmapped image comprising the steps of:

receiving image face format data representative of regional output format settings of bitmapped image data in a controller associated with a document rendering device;

receiving, from a storage associated with the controller, region data representative of regional default output characteristics associated therewith;

generating a modified bitmapped image by performing at least one of a truncation and resizing of the bitmapped image data in the event that the regional output format settings do not correspond with the regional default output characteristics; and

outputting the modified bitmapped image data to the associated document rendering device.

9. The method for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 8 further comprising the step of scaling the received bitmapped image data to correspond with the document output characteristics.

10. The method for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 8 wherein the step of generating a modified bitmapped image data includes the step of retaining the resolution of the bitmapped image data.

11. The method for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 8 further comprising the step of spooling the received bitmapped image data.

12. The method for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 11 wherein the step of spooling the received bitmapped image data is performed prior to the step of generating a modified bitmapped image data.

13. The method for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 8 further comprising the step of rendering the received bitmapped image data to a tangible output medium.

14. The method for selectively sizing a bitmapped image of claim 8 wherein the step of generating a modified bitmapped image modifes the bitmapped image data from at least one of letter size to A4 size, A4 size to letter size, ledger size to A3 size, and A3 size to ledger size.