Patents by Inventor Richard R. Carling

Richard R. Carling 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).

  • Print job cost estimate method and system
    Patent number: 7948644
    Abstract: Automatically determining the cost of a printed job on a digital printing press before the job is run. A job control component in the digital front end of the printing press collects and stores the processing information from the job processing components from prior runs. A job-reporting component displays the stored and estimated processing information and automatically computes and displays the estimated cost of the job. The method includes determining a future toner cost using a toner cost, a future press usage cost, and a substrate cost based on historical toner consumption and then rasterizing the job to determine the total job cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Richard R. Carling, Victor I. Ibarluzea, Sankarshanan Anantham, Hwai-Tzuu Tai
  • PRINT JOB COST ESTIMATE METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100158547
    Abstract: Automatically determining the cost of a printed job on a digital printing press before the job is run. A job control component in the digital front end of the printing press collects and stores the processing information from the job processing components from prior runs. A job-reporting component displays the stored and estimated processing information and automatically computes and displays the estimated cost of the job. The method includes determining a future toner cost using a toner cost, a future press usage cost, and a substrate cost based on historical toner consumption and then rasterizing the job to determine the total job cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Richard R. Carling, Victor I. Ibarluzea, Sankarshanan Anantham, Hwai-Tzuu Tai
  • Print job cost estimate method and system
    Patent number: 7701595
    Abstract: Automatically determining the cost of a printed job on a digital printing press before the job is run. A job control component in the digital front end of the printing press collects and stores the processing information from the job processing components from prior runs. A job-reporting component displays the stored and estimated processing information and automatically computes and displays the estimated cost of the job. The method includes determining a future toner cost using a toner cost, a future press usage cost, and a substrate cost based on historical toner consumption and then rasterizing the job to determine the total job cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Richard R. Carling, Victor I. Ibarluzea, Sankarshanan Anantham, Hwai-Tzuu Tai