Printing system with reduced printer usage
OwnerLewis S. Ostrover, Christopher R. Odgersinventors
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Abstract
A printing system includes a print optimizer adapted to receive a digital file representative of an original document. The print optimizer generates from the digital file a modified file representative of a modified document having fewer pages. The print optimizer can eliminate unnecessary or unwanted content elements (such as graphic elements, including images) from the original document, and/or can change its print characteristics, such as font size, font type, spacing between lines, spacing between characters, single/double sided printing, etc.
Claims35
A printing system comprising:
- a print optimizer means adapted to receive a digital file, said digital file defining an original document having an original document size;
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- control means adapted to generate commands to said print optimizer;
- wherein said print optimizer in response to said commands modifies said digital file to generate a modified file, said modified file defining a modified document having a modified size smaller than said document size;
- wherein printing said modified file results in said modified document with less pages than printing said digital file.
A document printing system comprising:
- an application adapted to generate an original file representative of an original document, said original document being printable on several pages;
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- print optimizer means for receiving said original file and generating in response to a command a modified file representative of a modified document, said modified document being printable on less pages than said original document.
A method of printing documents comprising the steps of:
- receiving a digital file representative of an original document printable on N pages;
- receiving a command to optimize printing of said original document;
- modifying said digital file in response to said command to obtain a modified file representative of a modified document printable on M pages, with M being less than N.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.