Ink estimation mechanism
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMikel John Stanich, Vincent William Ferreri, John Thomas Varga, Nikita Gurudath, Larry M. Ernst
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Abstract
A system is disclosed. The system at least one physical memory device to store ink estimation logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device, to execute the ink estimation logic to receive a histogram for each of a plurality of color planes, receive one or more printer system settings and generate estimated ink usage data for each of the plurality of color planes based on the histograms and the one or more printer system settings.
Claims21
At least one non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to:
- receive a histogram for each of a plurality of color planes;
- receive one or more printer system settings including an ink deposition curve comprising an ink volume per unit area for all gray levels for each of the plurality of color planes;
- and
- generate estimated ink usage data for each of the plurality of color planes based on the histograms and the one or more printer system settings.
A system comprising:
- at least one physical memory device to store ink estimation logic;
- and
- one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device, to execute the ink estimation logic to receive a histogram for each of a plurality of color planes, receive one or more printer system settings including an ink deposition curve comprising an ink volume per unit area for all gray levels for each of the plurality of color planes and generate estimated ink usage data for each of the plurality of color planes based on the histograms and the one or more printer system settings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.