Patents by Inventor Deborah M. Kretschmann

Deborah M. Kretschmann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6836627
    Abstract: A printing apparatus places multiple images on a sheet 10, at least once on one side, and at least once on an opposite side. After the first printing, the sheet 10 is inverted by an inverter 50 and sent to a duplex path 42. Sensors 20, 40, both in a feed path 22 and the duplex path 42 detect the side edge of the sheet 10 to register the position of the sheet 10 to an image rendering device 14. A user has the option to input preferences at a user interface 26, the preferences including running average and registration options. More specifically, the user has the option to choose a number of sheets 10 used to calculate a running average for registration of both the simplexed and duplexed sheets 10. The user also has the option to select between image to image registration, and image to page registration for duplex printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Deborah M. Kretschmann, Nicholas M. Lamendola, Dean Thomas, William D. Milillo
  • Publication number: 20040136733
    Abstract: A printing apparatus places multiple images on a sheet 10, at least once on one side, and at least once on an opposite side. After the first printing, the sheet is inverted by an inverter 50 and sent to a duplex path 42. Sensors 20, 40, both in a feed path 22 and the duplex path 42 detect the side edge of the sheet 10 to register the position of the sheet 10 to a image rendering device 14. A user has the option to input preferences at a user interface 26, the preferences including running average and registration options. More specifically, the user has the option to choose a number of sheets used to calculate a running average for registration of both the simplexed and duplexed sheets. The user also has the option to select between image to image registration, and image to page registration for duplex printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Deborah M. Kretschmann, Nicholas M. Lamendola, Dean Thomas, William D. Milillo
  • Patent number: 6511239
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a printing apparatus including a marking device, the marking device being capable of placing an image on a sheet fed therein, and outputting the sheet; a feed path, by which sheets are fed from a sheet supply to the marking device; a duplex path, by which sheets output from the marking device are re-fed to the marking device; a first sensor, outputting a first position signal relating to a location of a side edge as each sheet passes through the feed path; a second sensor, outputting a second position signal relating to a location of a side edge as each sheet passes through the duplex path; and an image placement controller associated with the marking device, the image placement controller retaining first position signals for a plurality of sheets passing through the feed path and second position signals for a plurality of sheets passing through the duplex path, and calculating new average paper positions for each sheet in response to at least one of the first positi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Deborah M. Kretschmann, Dean Thomas, Ming Yang, Robert Brutovski
  • Patent number: 6373042
    Abstract: A printing apparatus places multiple images on a sheet, either by re-feeding the sheet through a duplex path back to a marking device, or by feeding the sheet to successive marking devices. An edge position detector upstream of the marking device determines the location of the sheet so that an image may be precisely placed on the sheet. The system ensures that images on both sides of a sheet are in registration with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Deborah M. Kretschmann, William D. Milillo, Dean Thomas, Robert Brutovski, John Shannon, Theodore J. Kellogg, Glenn Herbert, Thomas C. Hatch