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US 8,559,081 B2Granted
System and method for determining a billing structure for documents based on marking medium predictions
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorPeter A. Crean
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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorPeter A. Crean
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Disclosed is a method for processing raster image data and determining via a reference device (e.g., LUT), an amount of marking medium (toner, ink) to be used for printing a document. Then billing costs based on the amount of medium is determined. In particular, a calibration method may be performed on an apparatus to determine the amounts of medium used for that particular apparatus. The calibration method includes printing pages with test patches for a plurality of colors at a particular dot value (or density), and weighing similar printed test pages so that the amount of medium used to print colors at particular dot values is determined by subtracting a weight of the pages before printing from the weight of the printed test pages. The change in weight (or mass) of the medium is used to populate the reference device for that apparatus.
A method for determining an amount of marking medium required for outputting documents using an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus comprising a processor for processing documents containing image data, the image processing apparatus configured to output a gamut of colors, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored computer executable instructions, wherein the computer executable instructions, when executed by a computer, directs a computer to perform a method for determining an amount of marking medium required for outputting documents using an image processing apparatus configured to output a gamut of colors, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.