Patents by Inventor Kenneth H. Young
Kenneth H. Young 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).
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Patent number: 9377973Abstract: A method and system for improving printing efficiency in a production printing environment, which includes a plurality of printers is disclosed, the method including: monitoring the plurality of printers via at least one server, wherein each of the plurality of printers are configured to provide a print job status to the at least one server; receiving an error message from at least one of the plurality of printers; selecting an operator from a list of operators assigned to the at least one of the plurality of printers, wherein each operator on the list of operators is capable of fixing an error associated with the error message on the at least one of the plurality of printers; and notifying the selected operator to investigate the error message via a client device.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.Inventors: Kenneth H. Young, Randy Cruz Soriano
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Publication number: 20150249771Abstract: A method and system for improving printing efficiency in a production printing environment, which includes a plurality of printers is disclosed, the method including: monitoring the plurality of printers via at least one server, wherein each of the plurality of printers are configured to provide a print job status to the at least one server; receiving an error message from at least one of the plurality of printers; selecting an operator from a list of operators assigned to the at least one of the plurality printers, wherein each operator on the list of operators is capable of fixing an error associated with the error message on the at least one of the plurality of printers; and notifying the selected operator to investigate the error message via a client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.Inventors: Kenneth H. YOUNG, Randy Cruz SORIANO
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Patent number: 9081522Abstract: A method of searching for missing resources associated with an image forming apparatus, which includes the steps of: forwarding a print job having a resource call-out from a host computer to an image forming apparatus; receiving the print job on the image forming apparatus; checking the image forming apparatus for a resource, which has been called out by the print job, and if the resource is not available on the image forming apparatus, obtaining the resource by: sending a request for the resource from the image forming apparatus to a device having the resource; receiving a response from the device having the resource indicating that the resource is a non-sharable resource and including at least one link to where the non-sharable resource can be obtained; and choosing a link having the non-sharable resource and obtaining the non-sharable resource.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.Inventors: Kenneth H. Young, Randy Cruz Soriano
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Patent number: 8736863Abstract: A method of searching for missing resources associated with an image forming apparatus, which includes forwarding a print job having a resource call-out from a host computer to an image forming apparatus; receiving the print job on the image forming apparatus; checking the image forming apparatus for a resource, which has been called out by the print job, and if the resource is not available on the image forming apparatus, obtaining the resource from a device having the resource by: sending a request for the resource from the image forming apparatus to the device having the resource; receiving a response from the device having the resource indicating that the resource is a secured resource requiring user authentication; and obtaining the secured resource by sending the user authentication to the device having the secured resource.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Kenneth H. Young, Randy Cruz Soriano
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Patent number: 8355171Abstract: A method of compensating for misalignment of a print engine of an image forming apparatus, which includes: (a) forwarding a request from a host computer having a printer driver to an image forming apparatus for reference data of a printable area of the print engine; (b) sending the reference data of the printable area of the print engine to the printer driver; (c) comparing the reference data of the printable area of the print engine to an ideal reference data of the printable area of a print job; and (d) if the reference data of the printable area of the print engine is different than the ideal reference data of the printable area of the print job, generating a new reference data of the printable area of the printable area to adjust for the difference in printable area between the ideal reference data of the printable area of the print job and the reference data of the printable area of the print engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Randy Cruz Soriano, Kenneth H. Young
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Publication number: 20120127506Abstract: A method of searching for missing resources associated with an image forming apparatus, which includes forwarding a print job having a resource call-out from a host computer to an image forming apparatus; receiving the print job on the image forming apparatus; checking the image forming apparatus for a resource, which has been called out by the print job, and if the resource is not available on the image forming apparatus, obtaining the resource from a device having the resource by: sending a request for the resource from the image forming apparatus to the device having the resource; receiving a response from the device having the resource indicating that the resource is a secured resource requiring user authentication; and obtaining the secured resource by sending the user authentication to the device having the secured resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC.Inventors: Kenneth H. Young, Randy Cruz Soriano
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Publication number: 20120127507Abstract: A method of searching for missing resources associated with an image forming apparatus, which includes the steps of: forwarding a print job having a resource call-out from a host computer to an image forming apparatus; receiving the print job on the image forming apparatus; checking the image forming apparatus for a resource, which has been called out by the print job, and if the resource is not available on the image forming apparatus, obtaining the resource by: sending a request for the resource from the image forming apparatus to a device having the resource; receiving a response from the device having the resource indicating that the resource is a non-sharable resource and including at least one link to where the non-sharable resource can be obtained; and choosing a link having the non-sharable resource and obtaining the non-sharable resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC.Inventors: Kenneth H. YOUNG, Randy Cruz SORIANO
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Publication number: 20120081718Abstract: A method of compensating for misalignment of a print engine of an image forming apparatus, which includes: (a) forwarding a request from a host computer having a printer driver to an image forming apparatus for reference data of a printable area of the print engine; (b) sending the reference data of the printable area of the print engine to the printer driver; (c) comparing the reference data of the printable area of the print engine to an ideal reference data of the printable area of a print job; and (d) if the reference data of the printable area of the print engine is different than the ideal reference data of the printable area of the print job, generating a new reference data of the printable area of the printable area to adjust for the difference in printable area between the ideal reference data of the printable area of the print job and the reference data of the printable area of the print engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: Konica Minolta Systems Laboratory, Inc.Inventors: Randy Cruz SORIANO, Kenneth H. YOUNG