Patents Assigned to Xerox
  • Patent number: 7812997
    Abstract: A number of different print jobs having different print quantities can be combined into a single job that results in reduced bindery costs. An imposition is produced with the print patterns for the different print jobs in different print positions. Jobs with larger print quantities can occupy a greater number of print positions. The allocation of print positions among the different print jobs can be based on quantity ratios. A print job having twice the quantity of another should occupy twice the number of print positions. Proper allocation of print positions results in maximizing the number of sheets that can be printed with a single imposition. Maximizing the number of identically printed sheets results in reduced bindery costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Javier A. Morales, Heidi O. Thatcher
  • Patent number: 7813693
    Abstract: A print media preheating system and method of preheating print media that includes an upper heating plate that is arranged to heat a pre-printed side of the print media with a pressure of the upper heating plate on the print media being relieved by lifting the upper heating plate away from the print media so as to reduce smudging of ink printed on the pre-printed side of the print media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Su-wen Ueng
  • Patent number: 7811733
    Abstract: An electrostatic latent image toner in which the quantity within the toner of alkyl carboxylate esters formed from a carboxylic acid containing from approximately 3 to 5 carbon atoms and an alkyl group containing from approximately 3 to 5 carbon atoms is no more than approximately 4 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaaki Suwabe
  • Patent number: 7814559
    Abstract: A teleconference system includes an on-site server provided in a site to control a device in the site, and a management server that connects sites to generate a shared workspace. The shared workspace manages a task that realize collaboration between on-site servers, and the on-site server generates a session key to connect to the on-site server and registers the session key in the shared workspace, when the on-site server uses the shared workspace. Thus, it enhances the security and improves the usability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazunori Horikiri
  • Patent number: 7812976
    Abstract: A method for utilizing a graphical user interface for concurrent programming of multiple feature operations to a single production job in a controller for a production system includes presenting options on the user interface for the selection of job properties or queue properties, with queue properties defined as default values for the virtual device to which the job will be submitted and job properties defined as job feature selection options. The job feature selection options may be hidden or displayed to enable the selection of valid job feature combinations only. Toggle controls are utilized for job feature options whose operation is limited by previously selected job feature options. The application of any valid combination of selected job feature options on the completed production job is illustrated on a dynamic graphic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Perry, Natasha A. Gitany-Alonso, Robert I. Jacobs, Albert L. O'Neil, III, Raju Seetharam
  • Patent number: 7813001
    Abstract: A color image processing method, which is adapted to convert a first color signal including a solid color signal to a second color signal including a solid color signal, includes: determining a device independent color signal on a color coordinate in a color system from the first color signal; determining a solid color signal of the second color signal having the minimum or substantially minimum color difference from the solid color signal of the first color signal; and determining a color signal other than the solid color signal of the second color signal to be calorimetrically equal to the device independent color signal from the device independent color signal and the solid color signal of the second color signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiko Kubo
  • Patent number: 7811730
    Abstract: Disclosed is an imaging member comprising a conductive substrate, a photogenerating layer comprising a photogenerating material in contact with the substrate, a first charge transport layer in contact with the photogenerating layer, the first charge transport layer comprising a charge transport material and an organic phosphate or organic phosphonite antioxidant, and a second charge transport layer in contact with the first charge transport layer, the second charge transport layer comprising a charge transport material and a hydroquinone antioxidant, wherein the first charge transport layer is situated between the second charge transport layer and the photogenerating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory McGuire, Ah-Mee Hor
  • Patent number: 7810897
    Abstract: A droplet ejection apparatus includes: a droplet ejection head that ejects droplets; a conveying member that retains a recording medium and conveys the recording medium with facing the recording medium to the droplet ejection head; a coating member that coats the conveying member with a lubricant; and a cleaning member that cleans the conveying member. The droplet ejection apparatus satisfies the following formulae (1) L2?L1??(1) wherein, in the formulae (1): L1 is the width, in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, of the cleaning of the conveying member by the cleaning member; and L2 is the width, in the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, of coating the lubricant on the conveying member by the coating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Arichika Tanaka, Hiroaki Satoh, Masahiko Sekimoto, Satoshi Mohri, Toru Nishida
  • Patent number: 7811368
    Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink composition comprising a phase change ink carrier and a compound of the formula and dimers thereof, wherein R, R?, X, (Y)m; and (Z)n are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Banning, James D. Mayo, Rina Carlini
  • Patent number: 7811732
    Abstract: A photoconductor that includes, for example, a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and wherein at least one of the charge transport layer and the photogenerating layer contains a titanocene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Wu
  • Patent number: 7813678
    Abstract: A ball valve device for filling pressurized hoppers includes (a) a valve housing having a wall defining a chamber, a first port and a second port; (b) a valve ball rotatable within the chamber and including a through-bore for material flow from a refill container through the second port into the hopper, the valve ball having a horizontal, first hopper sealing position for pressure sealing the second port, and a vertical, second hopper opening position for opening the second port to the through-bore; and (c) a pressure release assembly including (i) a pressure release port formed through the valve housing wall and spaced from the first port and the second port; and (ii) a pressure release and particle catch assembly connected externally to the pressure release port for receiving pressure and remnant carrier particles from the refill container, thereby allowing safe release of pressure from the through-bore and from the refill container following refilling of the pressurized hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: William H Wayman
  • Patent number: 7813891
    Abstract: This application generally relates to methods and systems for detecting spectrophotometer misalignment. In particular, the application may characterize the noise of a spectral measurement relative to a reference substrate known to exhibit a generally linear (flat) spectral output over a known spectrum. From the spectral measurement, a linear regression may be performed on a portion of the spectral output to determine a best fit line and a correlation of determination (“R-squared value”) may be determined correlated the measured data to the best fit line. Finally, the R squared value may be compared to a predetermined threshold R squared value to determine if the sensor is misaligned beyond an acceptable amount. If so, an alert may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paul S. Bonino, Timothy J. Sulenski
  • Patent number: 7812995
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program for configuring a device provides the capability for a user to easily enter complex configuration settings by scanning sheets or documents having information defining the configuration settings into the device. A method for configuring a device comprises imaging a document, extracting configuration data from the imaged document, and setting configuration parameters of the device using the extracted configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Charles David Braswell, David Grant Baxter
  • Patent number: 7812172
    Abstract: A thiazolothiazole derivative is represented by the following Formula (I). In Formula (I), each R1 independently represents a straight chain alkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a straight chain alkoxy group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or a branched alkoxy group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; and each R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a straight chain alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a straight chain alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or a branched alkoxy group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Horiba, Hidekazu Hirose, Akira Imai, Katsuhiro Sato, Takeshi Agata
  • Patent number: 7814430
    Abstract: A method and system for applying user-specified finishing options to a printed output document. A finishing window is displayed showing a document mimic in the finishing window, and displaying finishing tool selection regions in the finishing window which enable the user to activate selective finishing tools. Finishing location identifiers are displayed on portions of the document mimic, each displayed location identifier being associated with the currently activated finishing tool, and each displayed location identifier identifying a region of the printed output document by its location on the document mimic. WYSIWYG representations of user-selected finishing tool operations are performed in the portion of the document mimic identified by the selected finishing location identifier. The WYSIWYG operations include, but are not limited to, stapling, hole-punching, V-folding, C-folding, Z-folding, and binding. Also included are WYSIWYG operations for undoing each of the aforementioned operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Brandon S. McComber
  • Patent number: 7810922
    Abstract: Herein includes an offset printing apparatus for transferring and optionally fixing a phase change ink onto a print medium including a) a phase change ink application component for applying a phase change ink in a phase change ink image to an imaging member; b) an imaging member for accepting, transferring and optionally fixing the phase change ink image to the print medium, the imaging member having i) an imaging substrate, and thereover ii) an outer coating with a urethane and a conductive salt; and c) a release agent management system for supplying a release agent to the imaging member, wherein an amount of release agent needed for transfer and optionally fixing the phase change ink image is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David J Gervasi, Santokh S Badesha, James E Williams, Paul J Mcconville, Jignesh P Sheth
  • Patent number: D625312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Shane Jewitt, Karen H Totten
  • Patent number: D625315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Shane Jewitt, Karen H Totten
  • Patent number: D625317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Shane Jewitt, Karen H Totten
  • Patent number: D625359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher R Gold, Ernest I Esplin, Frederick T Mattern, William L Emery, Troy A Gomm