# US 2014/0153008 A1 · A method, an apparatus and a printing equipment for printing documents

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- Number: US 2014/0153008 A1
- Document ID: US20140153008A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/084,897
- Filed: 2013-11-20
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03
- Assignees: Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd.; Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd.; Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jinghua SHEN; Haifeng LI; Yanman MA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153008A1

## CPC

- H04N 1/387: Composing, repositioning or otherwise {geometrically} modifying originals
- H04N 1/54: Conversion of colour picture signals to a plurality of signals some of which represent particular mixed colours, e.g. for textile printing
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

The present invention provides a method, an apparatus and a printing equipment for printing documents, comprising: obtaining the name of the color document; retrieving the printing step information for the color document, according to the name of the color document, and determining if the printing step information for the color document is complete; printing the color document, according to the printing step information, in the case that the printing step information for the color document is complete. Thus, it is possible to avoid the problem of consuming a large amount of time caused by processing the color document at each time of printing it, so as to greatly increase the speed and efficiency of cyclic printing documents.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for printing documents, comprising:
obtaining, the name of the color document;
retrieving printing step information for the color document according to the name of the color document, and determining whether the printing step information for the color document is complete;
printing, in the case that the printing step information for the color document is complete, the color document according to the printing step information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method for printing documents according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:
processing the color document, in the case that the printing step information for the color document is not complete, to obtain the printing step information; and
printing the color document according to the printing step information.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method for printing documents according to claim 2, wherein the step of processing the color document to obtain the printing step information also comprises:
storing the printing step information for the color document.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method for printing documents according to claim 1, wherein the step of printing the color document according to the printing step information further comprises: applying a color correction process to the color document.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method for printing documents according to claim 1, wherein the printing step information comprises:
the information on rasterization process, halftoning process and halftone dots realization process that applied to the color document.

### Claim 6

An apparatus for printing documents, comprising:
an obtaining module, configured to obtain the name of the color document;
a retrieving module, configured to retrieve the printing step information for the color document, according to the name of the color document, and determine whether the printing step information for the color document is complete;
a printing module, configured to print the color document according to the printing step information in the case that the printing step information for the color document is complete.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The apparatus for printing documents according to claim 6, wherein the apparatus further comprises,
a processing module: configured to process the color document to obtain printing step information in the case that the printing step information for the color document is not complete.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The apparatus for printing documents according to claim 7, wherein the apparatus further comprises:
a storing module, configured to store the printing step information for the color document obtained by the processes executed by the processing module.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The apparatus for printing documents according to claim 7, wherein the apparatus further comprises:
a color correction module, configured to execute the color correction to the color document.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

A printing equipment, wherein, the equipment comprising the apparatus for printing documents according to claim 6.

### Claim 11

The printing equipment according to 10, wherein the apparatus for printing documents further comprises a processing module, configured to process the color document to obtain printing step information in the case that the printing step information for the color document is not complete.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The printing equipment according to claim 11, wherein the apparatus for printing documents further comprises a storing module, configured to store the printing step information for the color document obtained by the processes executed by the processing module.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The printing equipment according to claim 11, wherein the apparatus for printing documents further comprises a color correction module, configured to execute the color correction to the color document.