G06F 3/1281
Multi engine printer devices
Official title: {Multi engine printer devices, e.g. one entity having multiple output engines}
G06F3/1281 (Multi engine printer devices) appears on 84 US grants and 69 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 84
- Published applications
- 69
- Assignees
- 38
- Inventors
- 113
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 6 |
| 2012 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2 |
| 2014 | 10 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image forming apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing image forming program for shortening time period from reception of print instruction to image formation19 May 2026US 12,631,991 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Information processing apparatus, print system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for maintaining order of ejection of printed recording medium11 Feb 2025US 12,223,375 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Systems and methods for identifying a set of characters in a media file24 Sep 2024US 12,099,674 B2Google Inc.
- Setting information management method, setting information management system, and printer driver13 Aug 2024US 12,061,824 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Self-adding smartcard reader system6 Feb 2024US 11,892,954 B2Xerox Corporation
- Print control system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and method4 Sep 2025US 2025/0278222 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Printing apparatus, printing method, and medium5 Jun 2025US 2025/0181288 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Conveyance control device, control method of conveyance control device, and non-transitory computer readable medium16 Jan 2025US 2025/0021280 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing device connectivity manager for a digital front end20 Jun 2024US 2024/0201913 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image forming apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing image forming program14 Mar 2024US 2024/0085826 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multiple print engine with virtual job routing160US 5,859,711 AT/R Systems · 1999
- Method and apparatus for routing pages to printers in a multi-print engine as a function of print job parameters91US 6,606,165 B1T/R Systems · 2003
- Color correction for multiple print engine system with half tone and bi-level printing66US 6,035,103 AT/R Systems · 2000
- Color correction of dot linearities in multiple print engine system54US 6,271,937 B12001
- Method for calibrating a color marking engine for halftone operation45US 6,636,326 B1T/R Systems · 2003