Patents by Inventor Peter Charles Rapley

Peter Charles Rapley 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).

  • Image rotation to optimize rip and print performance time
    Patent number: 9602694
    Abstract: A method for processing a print job includes: a) processing printer description language (PDL) image data for a select page of a print job to form raster image data for the select page, processing of the PDL image data and storing the raster image data in a RIP orientation; b) processing the raster image data for the select page to form bitmap image data for the select page, transforming the raster image data from the RIP orientation to a print orientation and storing the bitmap image data in the print orientation; and c) printing the bitmap image data arranged in the print orientation on a target substrate page to form a printed substrate page for the select page of the print job. A printing platform associated with the method includes a storage device, a RIP module, a rotator module, and a print engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francis Kapo Tse, Peter Charles Rapley, David Russel Sponable, Jason Slack, David Rivshin, Lonnie A. LaFave, Steve Beers, James Bruce Campbell, Fritz Ebner, Scott Charles Warner, Timothy M. Hunter, Lee Roche
  • Method and apparatus for processing print job in printing platform for determining rotation
    Patent number: 8736906
    Abstract: A method for processing a print job includes: a) analyzing printer description language (PDL) image data for a print job; b) determining a raster image processor (RIP) orientation for the print job based at least in part on the analysis of the PDL image data, the RIP orientation being selected from a landscape orientation and a portrait orientation; and c) processing the PDL image data for each page of the print job to form raster image data for each page in the RIP orientation and storing the raster image data in the RIP orientation. A printing platform associated with the method includes a parser module, a controller module, a storage device, and a RIP module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Francis Kapo Tse, Peter Charles Rapley, David Russel Sponable, Jason Slack, David Rivshin, Lonnie A. LaFave, Steve Beers, James Bruce Campbell, Fritz Ebner, Scott Charles Warner, Timothy M. Hunter, Lee Roche
  • Methods and system for managing credit card usage in pre-paid printing system accounts
    Patent number: 8650088
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for managing prepaid usage of document processing devices, in which an account manager system (104) automatically purchases prepaid account credits for customer accounts and applies print units to document processing devices registered to customer accounts periodically and according to preset top off thresholds (123, 128) subject to predefined limits (124, 129), and in which customer computer agents (360) allow just in time printing using devices with job-based application of print units to selected devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: James Patrick VanWinckle, Charles Robert Carlson, Peter Charles Rapley, Shanti Villarreal, Christopher Dale Iburg, Sara Kleiman
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PRINT JOB IN PRINTING PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20120075677
    Abstract: A method for processing a print job includes: a) analyzing printer description language (PDL) image data for a print job; b) determining a raster image processor (RIP) orientation for the print job based at least in part on the analysis of the PDL image data, the RIP orientation being selected from a landscape orientation and a portrait orientation; and c) processing the PDL image data for each page of the print job to form raster image data for each page in the RIP orientation and storing the raster image data in the RIP orientation. A printing platform associated with the method includes a parser module, a controller module, a storage device, and a RIP module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francis Kapo Tse, Peter Charles Rapley, David Russel Sponable, Jason Slack, David Rivshin, Lonnie A. LaFave, Steve Beers, James Bruce Campbell, Fritz Ebner, Scott Charles Warner, Timothy M. Hunter, Lee Roche
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PRINT JOB IN PRINTING PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20120075649
    Abstract: A method for processing a print job includes: a) processing printer description language (PDL) image data for a select page of a print job to form raster image data for the select page, processing of the PDL image data and storing the raster image data in a RIP orientation; b) processing the raster image data for the select page to form bitmap image data for the select page, transforming the raster image data from the RIP orientation to a print orientation and storing the bitmap image data in the print orientation; and c) printing the bitmap image data arranged in the print orientation on a target substrate page to form a printed substrate page for the select page of the print job. A printing platform associated with the method includes a storage device, a RIP module, a rotator module, and a print engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francis Kapo Tse, Peter Charles Rapley, David Russel Sponable, Jason Slack, David Rivshin, Lonnie A. LaFave, Steve Beers, James Bruce Campbell, Fritz Ebner, Scott Charles Warner, Timothy M. Hunter, Lee Roche
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CREDIT CARD USAGE IN PRE-PAID PRINTING SYSTEM ACCOUNTS
    Publication number: 20110191197
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for managing prepaid usage of document processing devices, in which an account manager system (104) automatically purchases prepaid account credits for customer accounts and applies print units to document processing devices registered to customer accounts periodically and according to preset top off thresholds (123, 128) subject to predefined limits (124, 129), and in which customer computer agents (360) allow just in time printing using devices with job-based application of print units to selected devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Patrick VanWinkle, Charles Robert Carlson, Peter Charles Rapley, Shanti Villarreal, Christopher Dale Iburg, Sara Kleiman