Patents Assigned to Oce' Systems GmbH
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Patent number: 10062019Abstract: Print data generated in a page description language can be processed using a processor. The processing can include checking whether conditions specified in trigger information are satisfied for at least one page of the document and/or for the entire document. Based on the checking, an action associated with the trigger information can be executed that changes the print data. The print data supplied as input print data can be output as output print data after the execution of the action. For example, images, text, barcodes, and/or graphics may be inserted via in the action. Finishing options may also be added, or fonts may be changed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Océ Printing Systems GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Cam Hung Mach, Robert Wallner, Adelheid Wiringer
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Patent number: 10061546Abstract: The present invention relates to a printing system, comprising a print job receiving section permitting a user to submit a print job to the printing system, the print job comprising a plurality of print job settings, a print job queue section comprising a print job queue for print jobs submitted to the printing system and scheduled to be printed, and a proof print repository section comprising a proof print repository for proof print jobs submitted to the printing system. The printing system comprises a continuous monitoring section configured to compare print job settings of a proof print job residing in the proof print repository or scheduled in the print job queue with current resources available in the printing system according to a proof print policy. The proof print policy is attached to the proof print job and comprises a comparison criterion.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: OCÉ-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventor: Gerardus G. J. C. Kessels
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Patent number: 10053323Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus for a printing system includes a rotary drum having an inner chamber circumferentially surrounded by an outer peripheral wall with perforations formed therein. By means of sucking an air flow through the perforations of the drum to a suction system, sheets are attracted to the peripheral wall of the drum. A stationary shutter member is positioned inside the inner chamber for blocking the flow of air through the perforations when they pass, with the rotation of the drum, through a first predetermined angular range. The shutter member includes protrusions while the rotary drum includes recesses for receiving the protrusions, such that a meandering air flow passage is formed between the shutter member and the rotary drum. As such, friction between the rotary drum and the stationary shutter member is reduced, thereby reducing the power consumption of the suction system.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: OCÉ HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Antonius G. H. Albers, Johannes H. L. Smeyers, Albert M. Van Beek, Marcel J. H. M. Haenen, Wilhelmus H. J. Nellen
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Patent number: 10052689Abstract: A jetting device includes: a fluid chamber connected to a nozzle and containing an electrically conductive liquid to be jetted out through the nozzle; a magnetic field generator arranged to create a magnetic field in the fluid chamber; a pair of electrodes contacting the electrically conductive liquid in the fluid chamber; and a controller arranged to control a flow of an electric current through the electrodes and the electrically conductive liquid. The magnetic field generator is arranged to create a rotating magnetic field in the fluid chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: OCÉ-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventor: Mircea Rasa
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Publication number: 20180232184Abstract: In a method for printing a plurality of print jobs on a flat bed printer, each print job specifies an image receiving area with a given shape and given dimensions where an image is to be printed on a recording medium. Each of the print jobs includes a number of sub-jobs specifying image layers to be printed in a predetermined print order, with print settings being individually assigned to each sub-job. The method includes grouping the sub-jobs by their print settings; nesting the image receiving areas of the print jobs on a flat bed of the printer; and printing the sub jobs group by group, with sub-jobs of the same group and from different print jobs being printed in common steps of scanning the flat bed. The scanning steps are performed in a scan order which preserves the print order in each print job.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventors: Violeta IACOB, Radu VULPE, Daniel CHELARU
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Publication number: 20180229505Abstract: A printing system for printing to a recording medium can include a guide, a printer, and a cleaner. The guide can guide the recording medium and be arranged in a first vertically traveling region. The printer having a print bar with a print head can print to the recording medium. The printer can be arranged in a printing position located in the first vertically traveling region, and be displaced, to facilitate the cleaning of the print head, into a service position located in a second vertically traveling region. The cleaner can be adapted to clean the print head. The cleaner can be arranged in a printing position located in the first vertically traveling region, and be displaced into the service position located in the second vertically traveling region to clean the print head. The cleaning can be automatically or manually performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventor: Oliver Eck
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Patent number: 10046570Abstract: A filter device for filtering ink for delivery to at least one drop forming unit of a print-head in a printing apparatus includes: an inlet for admission of ink to the filter device; a first filter member adjacent the inlet for filtering the ink as the ink enters the filter device; a collection chamber arranged below the first filter member for collecting the ink after the ink passes through the first filter member; and an outlet for delivering the ink from the collection chamber to a reservoir for supplying the at least one drop forming unit. The collection chamber includes at least one flow directing member defining at least one predetermined flow path, especially at least one circuitous or indirect flow path, for the ink through and/or around the collection chamber to the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: OCÉ HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Ludovicus M. Heijnders, Marco T. R. Moens
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Patent number: 10046580Abstract: A mounting structure for a plurality of print head units includes a frame; a rigid support mounted on the frame, the support having a plurality of mounting sites each of which is adapted to hold an individual print head unit; and an adjusting system for positional adjustment of the print head units relative to the frame. Each mounting site has at least one adjusting mechanism for individually adjusting, in at least one degree of freedom, a position of the print head unit that is held in that mounting site.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Maarten J. H. Elferink, Chad A. Koehn
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Patent number: 10051160Abstract: A scrolling system for scrolling a printed roll of media includes a mechanical scrolling apparatus and a user interface device. The mechanical scrolling apparatus includes a first winder for placing the printed roll and from which first winder the printed roll is unwindable, and a second winder for winding up the printed roll unwound from the first winder. At least one winder of the first and second winder is drivable by a motor. An unwound area is a piece of the printed roll that is unwound from the first winder and not yet wound up on the second winder. The user interface device is configured to receive a selection of a part of a digital representation of images printed on the roll.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: OCÉ-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Arlette Del-Aguila, Michael Dupre
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Patent number: 10048617Abstract: The present invention provides a refill adapter for coupling a closure of a toner bottle to a toner reservoir, the refill adapter comprising: a base having an insertion area for receiving the closure inserted therein and an opening mechanism for opening the closure, wherein the opening mechanism is configured to hold a first closure member of the closure and to move a second closure member of the closure relative to the first closure member along an axis between a closed position, in which the second closure member cooperates with the first closure member to close or seal an outlet opening of the closure, and an open position for dispensing toner from the toner bottle through the outlet opening into the toner reservoir; a sealing device comprising a first sealing part, which is fixed to the base, and a second sealing part, which is movable relative to the first sealing part, wherein the second sealing part is configured to be moved together with the second closure member along the axis and to thereby contactType: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Joseph A. Schulkes, Otto W. Salomons
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Publication number: 20180222215Abstract: A printing system includes a printing stage having a print head arrangement for applying marking material onto a media, a media transport system arranged to advance the media with non-uniform velocity through the printing stage in a media transport direction and a curing stage disposed downstream of the printing stage in the media transport direction for curing the marking material. A blouse forming stage is disposed between the printing stage and the curing stage and an auxiliary media transport system is provided for advancing the media with uniform velocity through the curing stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventor: Johan SCHUTTEN
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Publication number: 20180222234Abstract: The present invention relates to a pre-treatment liquid providing improved spreading property when printing an ink-jet image, as well as an ink-jet printing method comprising applying the pre-treatment liquid of the invention on a recording medium prior to printing an ink-jet image and a method of pre-treating a recording medium, comprising pre-treating a recording medium with the pre-treatment liquid of the invention. With the present pre-treatment liquid a combination an improved spreading of the ink on the pre-treated recording medium can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: Océ-Technologies B.V.Inventors: Peter R. MARKIES, Jozef P. MOONEN, Peter O. COLIN, Roy W.N. EVERS, Franciscus J.H.M. VAN DEN BEUCKEN, Ke PENG
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Publication number: 20180211142Abstract: A printing system for cut sheets includes a controller for controlling the printing of image data on the cut sheets and scheduling the cut sheets in a printing order. The cut sheets have a plurality of media types, each media type having a dedicated preferred maximum speed for transporting the cut sheets of said media type along a paper path of the printing system. The controller is configured to schedule the cut sheets for printing taking into account change-over times between changes in media types of the scheduled cut sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventor: Patrick G.H. VESTJENS
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Publication number: 20180207957Abstract: In a printer having first and second clamps, the deformation of a recording medium due to the web tensile force produced in the printer can be determined using the first and the second clamps. The deformation can be determined in advance of a printing process and/or during the printing operation. A print image can be adapted based on the determined deformation to compensate for the deformation of the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventors: Tobias Breintner, Daniel Denzinger, Frank Keidel, Stefan Scherdel
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Publication number: 20180207949Abstract: In a method for automatic adaptation of a quantity of a coating substance, a coating substance is inkjet printed to a printing region of the recording medium; a first color is over printed across a width of the printing region of the recording medium and atop the coating substance; a print image of a second color is over printed atop the first color; the printing region having been printed to is sensory recorded; a local bleeding behavior of the first and the second colors is analyzed based on the sensory recording; and a printed quantity of the coating substance is locally adapted, based on the analysis of the local bleeding behavior, in segments of the printing region that are affected by bleeding.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventors: Oliver Greger, Paulo Correira Silverio
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Publication number: 20180203654Abstract: Method for generating a preview of an image in a print job comprising: creating a preview RIP-job at the head of a RIP-job queue, the RIP-job queue queueing in first-in-first-out order RIP-jobs to be submitted to and processed by a raster image processor, and the preview RIP-job arranged to register images to be submitted to the raster image processor for generating a preview of the image, registering the image in the preview RIP-job in order for the image to be submitted to the raster image processor, wherein the completion of the preview RIP-job is independent of the state of any print job as well as of the contents of the preview RIP-job.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventors: Hugouw T. SCHENK, Frank HERMANS
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Publication number: 20180186589Abstract: A media roll holder assembly a web-based printing system comprises a support for rotatably supporting the roll in an operative position, a holding element for rotatably holding the roll on the support, and a pivotable arm on which the holding element is provided. The pivotable arm is formed and positioned to position the holding element on the roll, such that a lifting force for lifting the roll from the support results in a holding force on the holding element in the first angular direction for holding the roll in the operative position on the support. The roll is then rotatably secured in its operative without excess angular forces acting on the roll. As the rotation of the roll is substantially unimpeded, the medium may be transported with great precision, resulting in high quality printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventors: Anne A. WIND, Thijs DEN HERTOG
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Publication number: 20180187833Abstract: A drive gear assembly for a roll that is detachably supported in a machine body, the assembly comprising a drive gear mounted for a rotation about a stationary axis in the machine body, a driven gear mounted on an end portion of the roller, and a bearing formed in the machine body for supporting said end portion in an operative position in which the drive gear meshes with the driven gear, the assembly further comprising by a safety cover that is pivotally supported on the machine body to be movable between an active position in which it covers at least a part of the periphery of the driven gear, except a portion where the drive gear meshes with the driven gear, and an open position in which it permits an insertion of the end portion of the roll into the bearing, the cover being elastically biased into the open position and having an engagement surface arranged to be engaged by at least one of the roll and the driven gear for holding the cover in the active position as long as the roll is in the operative posiType: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventors: Anne A. WIND, Bart J.M. COUMANS, Juan C. PEREZ MUNOZ, Joseph A. SCHULKES
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Publication number: 20180178521Abstract: A method to activate a printing element of an inkjet printer can include determining print data that indicates the usable print image to be printed with image point(s). The image point(s) are arranged at matrix point(s) of a print matrix. The method can also include determining virtual refresh data that indicates a virtual refresh image with refresh dots positioned at the matrix points based on a random algorithm, and activating the first printing element based on the virtual refresh data and the print data for the first column of the print matrix. The first printing element can be activated at a matrix point of the first column with: an ejection waveform to eject an ink droplet if the print data indicates an image point; and a vibration waveform to vibrate an ink meniscus of the first printing element without ink ejection if the virtual refresh data indicates a refresh dot.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventors: Alexander Kreiter, Christian Maier, Wolfgang Hettler
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Publication number: 20180178555Abstract: Method for holding substrates on a flatbed printing system. After positioning the substrates on the substrate support surface, a leak air area not covered by the substrates is covered by positioning a flexible cover device at least over the leak air area, and preferably over the substrates as well. Thereby, air flow through the through-holes is prevented. An under-pressure is then applied to the through-holes, sucking the substrates against the substrate support surface. The flexible cover device is then withdrawn to expose the substrate for printing while the under-pressure is maintained. It was found that despite the additional amount of air passing through the through-holes uncovered by the withdrawal of the flexible cover device, the under-pressure surprisingly remained sufficient to properly hold the substrates for printing. An additional advantage is that the cover device may be applied easily and rapidly over the leak air area and substrates at once.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.Inventors: Eduardus J.W. VAN VLIEMBERGEN, Anne A. WIND, Robert W.M. SEVERT, Joseph A. SCHULKES