Systems and methods for minimizing a total number of cuts to separate media instances imaged onto a media sheet
AssigneeElectronics for Imaging, Inc.
InventorsRohan John Holt, James Michael McBride
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Abstract
A system and method utilizes strategies, priority rules, specifications, and comparisons to calculate the fewest number of cuts to separate individual instances from an imaged media sheet. Embodiments of the systems and methods may produce an optimal or more efficient arrangement of the media instances on an imaged media to minimize a total number of cuts to separate the instances, and thus reduce an overall cost.
Claims13
A computer-implemented method performed by a computing system to lessen a number of cuts needed by a cutting device to separate media instances printed on a substrate, the method comprising:
- identifying, by the computing system, a first pair of media instances that have a similar width but different heights;
- forming, by the computing system, a first strip by aligning the first pair of media instances along a common longitudinal edge;
- identifying, by the computing system, a second pair of media instances that have a similar width but different heights;
- forming, by the computing system, a second strip by aligning the second pair of media instances along a common longitudinal edge;
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- arranging, by the computing system, the first and second strips so that a latitudinal edge of the first pair of media instances is aligned with a latitudinal edge of the second pair of media instances.
A system able to lessen a number of cuts needed by a cutting device to separate media instances printed on a substrate, the system comprising:
- a computing system configured to—
- identify a first pair of media instances that have a similar width but different heights;
- form a first strip by aligning the first pair of media instances along a common longitudinal edge;
- identify a second pair of media instances that have a similar width but different heights;
- form a second strip by aligning the second pair of media instances along a common longitudinal edge;
- arrange the first and second strips so that a latitudinal edge of the first pair of media instances is aligned with a latitudinal edge of the second pair of media instances;
- finalize a layout that includes the first and second strips;
- and
- cause the first and second pairs of media instances to be printed on a substrate in accordance with the layout;
- and
- a cutting device configured to—
- cut the first pair of media instances from the second pair of media instances;
- cut the first pair of media instances apart from one another;
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- cut the second pair of media instances apart from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.