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Apparatus and method for high-throughput and flexible digital printing

a digital printing and high-throughput technology, applied in the field of digital printing, can solve problems such as limiting the overall speed of the system, and achieve the effects of high price/performance computing, system throughput, and flexible, robust and scalabl

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-23
KACKER DHIRAJ +1
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"The present invention is a digital printing system that can produce prints quickly and efficiently using different types of printers. The system includes a plurality of computer processors that can assign tasks to either an image-rendering unit or an image processor based on the specific characteristics of the printer. The system can also be distributed at different locations and can adapt to changes in the number of digital images being processed. Overall, the invention provides a flexible and scalable digital printing system that can maximize printing throughput and utilize the speed of the printers within the system."

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Any of these processes can become a bottleneck that limits the overall speed of the system.

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[0024]In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. It is understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0025]FIG. 1a shows an embodiment of the present invention. The digital printing system 100 includes an image archive 111 where the digital images are stored in the long-term base. The digital images can be captured by digital cameras by customers and sent to a photo service provider, such as Shutterfly, Inc, based at Redwood City, Calif., or a retail location. The digital images can also be digitized from photographic films after the images are captured on the film and the films are chemically processed. The customer can submit orders for producing image-based products using the digital...

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A digital printing system for producing prints in response to input digital images includes a digital printer and a plurality of computer processors. The plurality of computer processors includes one or more image-rendering units for rendering the input digital images to generate rendered digital images, wherein the image rendering is independent of specific characteristics of the digital printer. The plurality of computer processors further includes one or more image processors for processing the rendered digital images in accordance with one or more specific characteristics of the digital printer. The processed images are subsequently input to the digital printer to produce the prints. The computer processors can be dynamically assigned to be the image-rendering units or the image processors.

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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED INVENTIONS[0001]The present application is a continuation application of and claims priority to commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 446,375 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,391,528), titled “Apparatus and method for high-throughput and flexible digital printing”, filed May 23, 2003, the disclosures of which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to the field of digital printing, and more specifically to an apparatus, architecture and method for efficient printing image prints using digital image data.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]For many years, photographs were produced in an analog process based on silver-halide chemistry. An image was captured by exposing a photo-sensitive film to a scene by an optical system in a camera. The photo-sensitive material coated on the film includes silver halide emulsions. The silver halide emulsions can capture photons and record a latent image corresponding to the ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06K1/00H04L29/06H04L29/08H04N1/00
CPCH04L29/06H04N1/00132H04N1/00278H04L67/10H04L69/329H04L9/40
Inventor KACKER, DHIRAJMUZZOLINI, RUSS ENNIO
Owner KACKER DHIRAJ