Scaling factor tools
AssigneeImation Corp.
InventorDonald L. Swihart
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Abstract
In general, the invention provides scaling tools for compensating for scaling variations between two printing systems, such as an analog printing system and a digital printing system. An operator designates one of the systems as the reference printing system and the other printing system as the scalable printing system. The operator constructs a reference grid with the reference printing system and a scaling grid with the scalable printing system. By comparing the reference grid and the scaling grid, the operator finds one or more scaling factors, which the operator may use to set the scale of the scalable printing system. The operator may print an image using the reference printing system and the scalable printing system, and the scalable printing system prints to the same scale as the reference printing system.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- constructing a reference grid on one of a digital printing system and an analog printing system;
- constructing a scaling grid on the other of the digital printing system and the analog printing system;
- comparing the reference grid to the scaling grid;
- and
- determining a scaling factor as a function of the comparison.
A method comprising:
- constructing a reference grid on a reference printing system;
- constructing a scaling grid on a scalable printing system;
- comparing the reference grid to the scaling grid;
- and
- determining a scaling factor as a function of the comparison.
A system comprising:
- a reference grid comprising:
- a first medium;
- a first reference line constructed on the first medium;
- and
- a first metric line constructed on the first medium parallel to the first reference line and a first distance from the first reference line,
- a scaling grid comprising:
- a second medium;
- a second reference line constructed on the second medium;
- a second metric line constructed on the second medium parallel to the second reference line and a second distance from the second reference line.
A method comprising:
- determining a scaling factor as a function of a comparison of a reference image printed on a reference printing system and a scaling image printed on a scalable printing system;
- applying the scaling factor to the scalable printing system;
- printing part of an image on the reference printing system;
- and
- printing another part of the image on the scalable printing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.