System and method for adjusting an image to be printed on a medium that will be embossed

• US 8,995,008 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: Young, Kenneth
• Primary Examiner(s): Cammack, David S
• Application Number:
  US13/800,324
• Publication Number:
  US 20140268188A1
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.5, 358/1.1, 358/1.14, 358/1.15, 358/1.2, 358/1.9, 101/248, 101/45, 156/221, 156/358, 162/134, 264/219, 264/40.1, 264/40.5, 273/153.R, 335/56, 345/156, 345/207, 345/472, 345/625, 345/629, 347/14, 356/601, 356/610, 382/154, 406/25, 400/76, 533/96
• US Class Current: 358/1.5
• CPC Class Codes: B41F 19/02 with embossing
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/021 Adaptations for printing on specific media
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1043 Subsequent to assembly

Abstract

A system adjusts an original image for printing on a location on a medium that will be bossed after printing the adjusted image on the medium. The system comprises an interface for receiving information concerning a bossment to be implemented on the medium after printing the adjusted image on the medium; and an adjustor that makes an adjustment to the received image based on the information received by the interface. A method for operating the system is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system for adjusting an original image for printing on a location on a medium that will be bossed after printing the adjusted image on the medium, the system comprising:

an interface for receiving information concerning a bossment to be implemented on the medium after printing the adjusted image on the medium, the medium having a bossed area and a non-bossed area upon implementation of the bossment; and

an adjuster that makes an adjustment to the received image based on the information received by the interface, wherein the adjuster is configured to reduce a size of the original image in its entirety to avoid the bossed area and/or relocate the original image to a new location on the medium to avoid the bossed area.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface scans a bossed medium to determine the information.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the interface scans a bossed medium at two different light settings to determine the information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface uses a laser scanner to determine the information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface uses mechanical feelers to determine the information.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface includes a user interface for inputting one or more of:

a portion of the medium that will be bossed;

whether the bossment will be an embossment;

whether the bossment will be a debossment;

whether the bossment will cause overall dimensions of the medium to be reduced;

whether the bossment will stretch the medium;

whether the bossment includes a pattern extending in a vertical direction; and

whether the bossment includes a pattern extending in a horizontal direction.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the adjustment further includes one or more of:

reducing a width of a font in the original image;

decreasing a density of the original image in certain locations; and

adjusting a character spacing of text in the original image.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a display for displaying the adjusted image prior to printing the adjusted image on the medium.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising an input for inputting alterations to the adjusted image after reviewing the displayed adjusted image.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising an image forming unit for forming the adjusted image on the medium.

11. A method for adjusting an original image to be printed on a location on a medium that will be bossed after printing the adjusted image on the medium, the method comprising:

receiving information concerning a bossment to be implemented on the medium after printing the adjusted image on the medium, the medium having a bossed area and a non-bossed area upon implementation of the bossment; and

making an adjustment to the received image based on the information received by the interface, wherein the adjustment is reducing a size of the original image in its entirety to avoid the bossed area and/or relocating the original image to a new location on the medium to avoid the bossed area.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the interface scans a bossed medium to determine the information.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the interface scans a bossed medium at two different light settings to determine the information.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the interface uses a laser scanner to determine the information.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the interface uses mechanical feelers to determine the information.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the interface includes a user interface for inputting one or more of:

a portion of the medium that will be bossed;

whether the bossment will be an embossment;

whether the bossment will be a debossment;

whether the bossment will cause overall dimensions of the medium to be reduced;

whether the bossment will stretch the medium;

whether the bossment includes a pattern extending in a vertical direction; and

whether the bossment includes a pattern extending in a horizontal direction.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the adjustment further includes one or more of:

reducing a width of a font in the original image;

decreasing a density of the original image in certain locations; and

adjusting a character spacing of text in the original image.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying the adjusted image prior to printing the adjusted image on the medium.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising inputting alterations to the adjusted image after reviewing the displayed adjusted image.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising forming the adjusted image on the medium.

21. A nontransitory computer readable medium encoded with a program for executing a method for adjusting an original image to be printed on a location on a medium that will be bossed after printing the adjusted image on the medium, the method comprising:

receiving information concerning a bossment to be implemented on the medium after printing the adjusted image on the medium, the medium having a bossed area and a non-bossed area upon implementation of the bossment; and

making an adjustment to the received image based on the information received by the interface, wherein the adjustment is reducing a size of the original image in its entirety to avoid the bossed area and/or relocating the original image to a new location on the medium to avoid the bossed area.

22. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the interface scans a bossed medium at two different light settings to determine the information.

23. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the interface uses a laser scanner to determine the information.

24. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the interface uses mechanical feelers to determine the information.