Patents by Inventor Trevor J. Snyder
Trevor J. Snyder 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: 8910929Abstract: A printer architecture that enables a printer (or other media processing device) with an elongate foot print to be configured with media input and operator controls oriented at either a narrow end or a wide side thereof, that surface becoming the “front” of the unit. Controls and/or display(s) are mounted such that either the end or side orientation can be accommodated. The media input tray includes a separate assembly so that selection of the tray with access to end or side complements the user control panel in establishing the front of the machine. The combination of control/display mounting and oriented media tray structure integration with the print engine to establish which of the printer surfaces is considered the front allows for multiple orientations of the printer and greater flexibility to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Martin Scott Walsh, Timothy Crawford, Mark H. Tennant, Aaron L. Boyce, Edward F. Burress, Isaac S. Frazier, John E. Fanning, Brent R. Jones, Todd D. Smith, Trevor J. Snyder, Carl T. Urban, Paul Van Gasse, Paul Woodward
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Publication number: 20140307286Abstract: The disclosed virtual printing and print preview systems and methods allow users to preview and proof a specialty print job on their in-house printers or computers. The printing systems and methods can be in the form of software, such as a printer driver, installed on a user's in-house printer or computer. The software allows the user to virtually print to other remote printing devices while preparing, previewing, and customizing the specialty print job on the user's in-house device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventor: Trevor J. Snyder
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Patent number: 8840230Abstract: A system for recycling waste phase change ink in a phase change ink imaging device includes a waste ink collector positioned within a phase change ink imaging device to collect waste phase change ink produced by a printhead in the phase change ink imaging device. The waste ink collector includes a heater for heating the waste phase change ink in the collector to at least a phase change ink melting temperature. A waste phase change ink conveyor is configured to convey melted waste phase change ink from the waste ink collector to an ink reservoir for the printhead.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: David P. Platt, Trevor J. Snyder, Steven R. Slotto
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Patent number: 8836739Abstract: A printer has a print head arranged to jet molten ink onto a surface, a transfix surface arranged to provide the surface for the print head, the transfix surface having a core and an outer shell of a predetermined grade of aluminum arranged on the core, the outer shell forming the surface for the print head. The printer also has a transport subsystem to transport a print substrate past the transfix surface such that the molten ink transfers from the transfix surface to the print substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Ashish Pattekar, Gregory J Kovacs, Paul J McConville, James C Zesch, Trevor J. Snyder
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Patent number: 8814314Abstract: An inkjet printer is configured to process print media having an ink image differently to alter a gloss level of the ink image on the print media. In one mode of operation, the printer moves print media bearing an ink image on one side only through a transfix nip a second time to reduce a gloss level of the printed image.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Richard M. Smith, Trevor J. Snyder
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Patent number: 8760674Abstract: A printing apparatus/method includes at least one processor, at least one printing engine, and at least one graphic user interface all operatively (directly or indirectly) connected to each other. The graphic user interface has at least one display and at least one user input device. The display provides at least one menu having at least one user selectable parameter of the printing engine. The display provides at least one linear scale bar representing a range of values to which the selectable parameter can be set. The display provides at least two different graphic icons along the linear scale. The graphic icons conceptually represent different performance characteristics that the printing apparatus will have when the selectable parameter is set to different values along the range of values represented on the linear scale. The display can also provide numerical performance values adjacent each of the different graphic icons.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Trevor J. Snyder, Jennifer Misae Miyamoto
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Patent number: 8721031Abstract: A method and apparatus for analyzing images deposited on an image receiving member of a printer, and more particularly analyzing images deposited on a surface of an imaging drum in an inkjet printer. A photoelectric sensor supported by a sled in contact with the surface of the imaging drum can be used to detect missing jets in the printhead, to align the printhead, to reduce the amount of purged ink, and to determine run out of the imaging drum.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Trevor J. Snyder, David D. Martenson, David L. Knierim, Ernest I. Esplin, James B. Campbell
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Publication number: 20140111911Abstract: A printer architecture that enables a printer (or other media processing device) with an elongate foot print to be configured with media input and operator controls oriented at either a narrow end or a wide side thereof, that surface becoming the “front” of the unit. Controls and/or display(s) are mounted such that either the end or side orientation can be accommodated. The media input tray includes a separate assembly so that selection of the tray with access to end or side complements the user control panel in establishing the front of the machine. The combination of control/display mounting and oriented media tray structure integration with the print engine to establish which of the printer surfaces is considered the front allows for multiple orientations of the printer and greater flexibility to the customer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Martin Scott Walsh, Timothy Crawford, Mark H. Tennant, Aaron L. Boyce, Edward F. Burress, Isaac S. Frazier, John E. Fanning, Brent R. Jones, Todd D. Smith, Trevor J. Snyder, Carl T. Urban, Paul Van Gasse, Paul Woodward
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Publication number: 20140071198Abstract: A printer has a print head arranged to jet molten ink onto a surface, a transfix surface arranged to provide the surface for the print head, the transfix surface having a core and an outer shell of a predetermined grade of aluminum arranged on the core, the outer shell forming the surface for the print head. The printer also has a transport subsystem to transport a print substrate past the transfix surface such that the molten ink transfers from the transfix surface to the print substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATEDInventors: Ashish Pattekar, Gregory J. Kovacs, Paul J. McConville, James C. Zesch, Trevor J. Snyder
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Publication number: 20140055511Abstract: An inkjet printer is configured to process print media having an ink image differently to alter a gloss level of the ink image on the print media. In one mode of operation, the printer moves print media bearing an ink image on one side only through a transfix nip a second time to reduce a gloss level of the printed image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Richard M. Smith, Trevor J. Snyder
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Publication number: 20140055519Abstract: A method and apparatus for analyzing images deposited on an image receiving member of a printer, and more particularly analyzing images deposited on a surface of an imaging drum in an inkjet printer. A photoelectric sensor supported by a sled in contact with the surface of the imaging drum can be used to detect missing jets in the printhead, to align the printhead, to reduce the amount of purged ink, and to determine run out of the imaging drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Trevor J. Snyder, David D. Martenson, David L. Knierim, Ernest I. Esplin, James B. Campbell
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Patent number: 8646893Abstract: A printer includes an image drum temperature regulation system that helps reduce thermal gradients on the image drum surface. The image drum temperature regulation system includes a feedback controller and a feed-forward controller. The image drum temperature regulation system operates the heaters and fan of the image drum with reference to a temperature difference between actual temperature of the image drum and a temperature setpoint and to the thermal effect of ejecting an ink image onto the image drum.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Palghat S. Ramesh, Bruce Earl Thayer, David A. VanKouwenberg, Rachael L. McGrath, Trevor J. Snyder, Walter Sean Harris
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Patent number: 8641178Abstract: An ink recirculation system has been developed to enable controlled release of ink collected in an ink receptacle into a printhead. The ink receptacle includes an indentation in a substantially planar surface and is configured to receive ink in the indentation from a printhead. The indentation has a shape that enables the ink receptacle to release ink at varying rates as a pivot angle of the ink receptacle is varied by a positioning system. The shape of the indentation enables the receptacle to dose ink into an ink reservoir in the printhead at known rates to control the amount of ink recycled to the printhead.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Trevor J. Snyder, Isaac S. Frazier
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Publication number: 20130336697Abstract: When an insufficient quantity of a preferred print media is installed in a selected printing device, methods and systems automatically output an insufficient-print-media notice and one or more reconfiguration options for proceeding with printing the print data on one of the installed print media types. In response, a selected reconfiguration option is received that identifies an alternative print media to be used in place of the preferred print media when executing the print request. Additional processing is performed to print the print data on the alternative print media including: automatically resizing the print data to fit on the alternative print media; automatically printing a cutline on the alternative print media to indicate where the alternative print media should be cut to be reduced to the preferred print media; and automatically formatting multiple pages of the print data to print on one page of the alternative print media.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Trevor J. Snyder, Jignesh P. Sheth, Paul V. Gasse, Daniel C. Park
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Publication number: 20130321540Abstract: A system for recycling waste phase change ink in a phase change ink imaging device includes a waste ink collector positioned within a phase change ink imaging device to collect waste phase change ink produced by a printhead in the phase change ink imaging device. The waste ink collector includes a heater for heating the waste phase change ink in the collector to at least a phase change ink melting temperature. A waste phase change ink conveyor is configured to convey melted waste phase change ink from the waste ink collector to an ink reservoir for the printhead.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: David P. Platt, Trevor J. Snyder, Steven R. Slotto
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Patent number: 8534794Abstract: An ink recirculation assembly for an inkjet printer recovers purged ink for recycling. The ink recirculation assembly includes a porous pad configured to absorb ink from a printhead face by capillary action. The porous pad is operatively connected to an actuator, which is configured to move the porous pad to contact the printhead face to absorb ink from the printhead face. The actuator is further configured to move the porous pad to contact a heated member, which releases ink from the porous pad and enables the ink to flow into an ink receptacle for recycle or disposal.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Trevor J. Snyder, Nicholas Hill, Isaac S. Frazier
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Publication number: 20130182029Abstract: A method increases the ability of a controller in a printer to detect weak or missing inkjets in the printer. The method includes generating a test pattern having at least twice as much ink as a typical test pattern used to detect weak or missing inkjets. The increased ink appropriately stresses inkjets to facilitate detection of weak or missing inkjets and the test pattern is transferred to media and removed from the printer to preserve the capacity of a drum maintenance unit to store residual ink removed from an imaging drum or belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Trevor J. Snyder, James M. Cunnington
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Patent number: 8342576Abstract: A scratch-off document may include a substrate bearing a toner image and a scratch-off layer covering the printed content. The scratch-off layer may include a mass of a first solid ink and a mass of a second solid ink printed over the first solid ink in a distraction pattern. The toner image is formed of a toner that adheres to the substrate, while the scratch-off layer is made of a wax-based or other solid ink that may be removed from the substrate by scratching without removing the toner image. The distraction pattern includes varying pile heights that distract a viewer from any pile height variations that may exist in the toner image.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Reiner Eschbach, David A. Mantell, Paul J. McConville, Jason O'Neil, Trevor J. Snyder
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Patent number: 8317286Abstract: A method for performing duplex printing enables increased throughput in an indirect printing system. The method includes measuring a coverage parameter for image data to be printed, and transforming operation of the printer from a first printing process timing sequence to a second printing process timing sequence in response to the coverage parameter exceeding a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Cynthia J. Ryan, Paul J. McConville, Brent E. Fleming, Jeffrey R. Kohne, Walter S. Harris, Trevor J. Snyder
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Patent number: 8292392Abstract: An inkjet printer operates to produce a print with at least one component operating at less than a normal operating parameter. The printer identifies an image density for an image to be printed and operates the printer with operational parameters different than normal operational parameters to enable printing operations before all of the components in the printer reach their operational parameters.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Trevor J. Snyder, Walter Sean Harris