US 11,113,589 B2Granted

System and method for printing customized items

AssigneeCCL Label, Inc.

InventorsWade Person, Alan Porter, Brad Nelson, Phillip McGee

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Abstract

A printing system and method of printing are provided herein. The printing system may generate custom user designs for printing. The designs may be associated with a selected print medium. The print medium may have a particular layout. The printing system may convert the design for printing on other print media without requiring user alteration or input of the design. In another aspect, the printing system may facilitate printing the designs via local printers and/or via professional printers. Accordingly, printing of designs on different print-receptive media items can be accomplished.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A method for customizing a printing operation, the method comprising:

receiving, by a system including a processor, data associated with user input for a design project;
generating, by the system, a first printable file comprising the design, wherein the first printable file is associated with a determined print medium;
identifying a target print medium selected for having the design printed thereon;
determining, by the system, whether the first printable file is operable for the target print medium based on comparison of the target print medium and the determined print medium;
and
in response to determining that the first printable file is not operable for the target print medium, automatically reformatting the design in the first printable file without user intervention for printing onto the target print medium by modifying design according to a template associated with the target print medium.

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Facts

Application: 16/793,392Filed 18 Feb 2020 · continuation
Priority: 19 Sep 2014
Published: US 2020/0184288 A111 Jun 2020
Granted: 7 Sep 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06K 15/1868
Post-processing of the composed and rasterized print image: for fitting to an output condition, e.g. paper colour or format
G06F 3/1206
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
G06F 3/1247
Job translation or job parsing, e.g. page banding: by conversion to printer ready format
G06F 3/1257
Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client: by using pre-stored settings, e.g. job templates, presets, print styles

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Application62/052,850Us provisional application · filed 19 Sep 2014
PCT/US2015/051155Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Sep 2015
US 2020/0184288 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 Jun 2020
Application15/512,095Parent of this continuation
US 10,599,963 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0277984 A1Published application
US 11,113,589 B2This patent

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