Certified proofing
AssigneeKodak Graphic Communications Canada Company
InventorsSamuel Darby, Foster M. Fargo JR., Adam I. Pinard
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Abstract
A certified proofing method is disclosed that includes receiving a printable sheet and automatically detecting at least one feature of at least one component of a proofing process bearing on its quality. The method also includes automatically evaluating at least one result of the step of detecting, printing print data on the printable sheet, and generating a certification notice for the printable sheet in response to a positive electromagnetic result signal from the step of evaluating.
Claims59
A certified proofing method, comprising:
- receiving a printable sheet,
- automatically detecting at least one feature of at least one component of a proofing process bearing on quality of the proofing process,
- automatically evaluating at least one result of the step of detecting,
- printing print data on the printable sheet, and
- generating a certification notice for the printable sheet in response to a positive electromagnetic result signal from the step of evaluating results of the step of detecting.
A certified proofing method, comprising:
- receiving a printable sheet,
- automatically detecting at least one feature of at least one consumable component of a proofing process bearing on quality of the proofing process,
- automatically evaluating at least one result of the step of detecting,
- printing print data on the printable sheet in response to a positive result of the step of evaluating results of the step of detecting, and
- refraining from printing the print data on the printable sheet in response to a negative electromagnetic result signal from the step of evaluating results of the step of detecting.
A proofing method, comprising:
- receiving a printable sheet,
- detecting alignment information from a plurality of separate marks disposed in a peripheral area of a printable side of the sheet and content information from at least one of the marks,
- evaluating the content detected in the step of detecting,
- evaluating the alignment information detected in the step of detecting, and
- printing on the printable sheet in response to a positive result from the step of evaluating alignment and a positive result from the step of evaluating the content.
A proofer, comprising:
- a proofing engine,
- a substrate certification sensing subsystem,
- an ink certification sensing subsystem, and
- a certification engine responsive to signals from the substrate certification sensing subsystem and the ink certification sensing subsystem, and including a certification output.
A certified proofer, comprising:
- at least one quality certification signal source responsive to at least one component of a proofing process carried out by the proofer,
- a certification engine responsive to signals from the certification subsystem, and
- certification signal issuance logic responsive to the certification engine.
A certified proofer, comprising:
- means for automatically detecting at least one feature of at least one component of a proofing process bearing on quality of the proofing process,
- means for automatically evaluating at least one result of the step of detecting, and
- means for generating a certification notice for a printable sheet in response to a positive electromagnetic result signal from the means for evaluating results.
A certified proofer, comprising:
- means for automatically detecting at least one feature of at least one component of a proofing process bearing on quality of the proofing process,
- means for automatically evaluating at least one result of the step of detecting, and
- means for refraining from printing print data on a printable sheet in response to a negative electromagnetic result signal from the means for evaluating.
A certified proofer, comprising:
- means for detecting alignment information from a plurality of separate marks disposed in a peripheral area of a printable side of the sheet and content information from at least one of the marks,
- means for evaluating the content detected in the step of detecting, and
- means for evaluating the alignment information detected in the step of detecting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.