Patents by Inventor Michael L. Campanella

Michael L. Campanella 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).

  • System for controlling the printing of electronic documents with various page description languages and other parameters
    Patent number: 5475801
    Abstract: In a network wherein a plurality of independent computers having various page description languages (PDL's) interface with a central printer through a plurality of lines, a system allows the user or administrator of a computer on each line to elect whether the line shall have the property of persistence of a PDL for all jobs coming through the line, or whether a new PDL shall be activated as necessary depending on the particular line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Edward E. Brindle, John C. Czudak, Charles Willette, Jehoiada Bernard, Charles R. Nail, Michael L. Campanella, Samuel A. Fedele, Gregory R. Tellex
  • Apparatus and method for determining printer option availability and representing conflict resolution in a combination of print job selections
    Patent number: 5467434
    Abstract: A printing arrangement of the type having a printer bank with a plurality of printers which are respectively associated with printer profiles and each of the printer profiles has a list of printer properties available at the printer with which the printer profile is associated. The printing arrangement includes: an input section, located remotely from the printer bank, with a user interface for programming a combination of print job selections and a memory section for storing a selected one of the printer profiles; and a combination examiner for comparing the programmed combination of print job selections from the user interface with a combination of printer properties available in the selected one of the printer profiles from the memory section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: John D. Hower, Jr., Michael L. Campanella
  • Method for translating a plurality of printer page description languages
    Patent number: 5226112
    Abstract: A method for use with an imaging system server of the type having a first processing arrangement coupled with a second processing arrangement is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Mensing, Gayle M. Tyson, Michael L. Campanella, John C. Czudak, Charles R. Nail, Thomas Robson, Lyssa Menard