Vector pattern macro gloss
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorEdward N. Chapman
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Abstract
A method, a system and a recording medium for rendering a macro gloss effect using a digital front end processor and a color printer having color marking materials involve defining a vector pattern cell, and creating a pattern ink based on the vector pattern cell. The pattern ink can be constrained to write at or near an ink limit at small sizes varying from a high toner pile to a lower toner pile within a pattern ink cell based on the vector pattern cell. One or more objects and a background can be then painted with the pattern ink to create a macro gloss effect image based on the pattern ink.
Claims20
A method for rendering a macro gloss effect image on a recording medium using a digital front end processor and a color printer having color marking materials, comprising:
- defining a vector pattern cell comprising a geometric pattern cell comprising at least one of:
- a crosshatched single vector pattern cell, an interlaced circle pattern cell, a triangular pattern cell and an octagon pattern cell;
- creating a pattern ink based on the vector pattern cell, wherein the pattern ink is constrained to write at or near an ink limit at small sizes varying from a high toner pile to a lower toner pile within a pattern ink cell based on the vector pattern cell;
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- painting at least one object and a background with the pattern ink to create a macro gloss effect image based on the pattern ink, wherein the macro gloss effect image possesses a gloss-hidden effect.
A recording medium on which a macro gloss effect image is rendered using a digital front end processor and a color printer having color marking materials, comprising:
- a substrate and color marking materials formed on the substrate, the color marking materials formed on the substrate by:
- defining a vector pattern cell comprising a geometric pattern cell comprising at least one of:
- a crosshatched single vector pattern cell, an interlaced circle pattern cell, a triangular pattern cell and an octagon pattern cell;
- creating a pattern ink based on the vector pattern cell, wherein the pattern ink is constrained to write at or near an ink limit at small sizes varying from a high toner pile to a lower toner pile within a pattern ink cell based on the vector pattern cell;
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- painting at least one object and a background with the pattern ink to create a macro gloss effect image based on the pattern ink and configured from the color marking materials of a color printer, wherein the macro gloss effect image possesses a gloss-hidden effect.
A system for rendering a macro gloss effect image on a recording medium using a digital front end processor and a color printer having color marking materials, comprising:
- at least one processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions to cause the at least one processor to perform:
- defining a vector pattern cell comprising a geometric pattern cell comprising at least one of:
- a crosshatched single vector pattern cell, an interlaced circle pattern cell, a triangular pattern cell and an octagon pattern cell;
- creating a pattern ink based on the vector pattern cell, wherein the pattern ink is constrained to write at or near an ink limit at small sizes varying from a high toner pile to a lower toner pile within a pattern ink cell based on the vector pattern cell;
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- painting at least one object and a background with the pattern ink to create a macro gloss effect image for rendering based on the pattern ink, wherein the macro gloss effect image possesses a gloss-hidden effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.