Document reproduction
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorCharles Eric Cantwell
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Abstract
A document is reproduced by capturing an image of the document, generating a set of vector commands, and creating a duplicate document from the vector commands. The image is captured by scanning or other suitable means. The set of vector commands is generated by identifying vectors within the raster image and for each vector identified within the raster image, generating at least one vector command for replicating the identified vector. The duplicate document is created by executing the set of vector commands on an output device. The set of vector is either delivered directly to the output device or stored to a file and the file delivered to the output device.
Claims20
A method for reproducing a document, the method comprising:
- (a) capturing a raster image of the document;
- (b) generating a set of vector commands from the raster image;
- and,
- (c) creating a duplicate document from the set of vector commands.
A system for reproducing a document, the system comprising:
- (a) a scanner configured to capture a raster image of the document;
- (b) vectorizing means for generating a set of vector commands from the raster image;
- (c) an output device configured to reproduce the document from the set of vector commands;
- and,
- (d) communication means for communicating the set of vector commands from the vectorizing means to the output device.
A program storage system readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program, applet, or instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps for reproducing a document, the method steps comprising:
- (a) capturing a raster image of the document;
- (b) generating a set of vector commands from the raster image;
- and,
- (c) reproducing the document from the set of vector commands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.