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Cut-out printing system

a printing system and cutting technology, applied in the field of cutting and printing, can solve the problems of wasting unused white areas, reducing the use of available printing space, and reducing the use of waste materials

Active Publication Date: 2019-07-11
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC
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Benefits of technology

This approach maximizes the use of printing space by efficiently arranging and printing multiple cut-out patterns on a single page, reducing waste and enhancing printing efficiency.

Problems solved by technology

In some cases, unused white areas may be thrown away as waste material.
If each cut-out pattern takes up a single page, the waste material could be significant.
That is, printer systems may not maximize the use of available printing space.
Failing to use this available portion of the printing medium could result in waste and inefficiency.

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[0039]The following description is not to be taken in a limiting sense but is made merely for the purpose of describing the general principles of exemplary embodiments. The scope of the invention should be determined with reference to the claims.

[0040]Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment,”“an embodiment,” or similar language means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment,”“in an embodiment,” and similar language throughout this specification may, but do not necessarily, all refer to the same embodiment.

[0041]Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics of the invention may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided, such as examples of programming, software modules, user selecti...

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Abstract

Methods and systems for arranging shapes within a document prior to printing cut-out patterns are described. A printing device may identify and group contents in a page of a print job as shapes to be cut out from the paper after they are printed. The printing device may then detect the grouped page contents as cut-out patterns. For each cut-out pattern, the printing device may detect the white spaces of content of the cut-out pattern and mark them as available for printing other cut-out patterns. Thus, the printing device may print multiple cut-out patterns on a same page based on using the white space within larger cut-out patterns.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention[0001]The present invention relates generally to printing and cutting, and more specifically to arranging shapes (also referred to as cut-out patterns) within a document prior to printing cut-out images.2. Discussion of the Related Art[0002]Various systems and processes are known in the art for arranging shapes (cut-out patterns) within a document prior to printing cut-out images. Methods for positioning pages on a sheet of paper include the Imposition and N-Up methods.[0003]Imposition may refer to the arranging of regular sheets of paper onto a bigger destination paper. For example, it can be the arrangement of postcards or business cards onto an A3 or Letter paper. The smaller paper sizes may be rotated or inverted to maximize use of space in the larger destination paper.[0004]For N-Up, input paper sizes are scaled down to fit in some pre-configured or pre-determined layout on the target destination paper, which may be the same o...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/12G06K15/02G06K15/00B26F1/38B26F1/24B26D5/00
CPCG06F3/1252G06F3/1219G06F3/1242G06K15/1836G06K15/1855B26D5/005G06K15/1822G06K15/404B26F1/38B26F1/24G06K15/1807G06K15/1893G06K15/1868G06F3/1262
Inventor DABON, PHILIP VER PALOMABERMUNDO, NEIL-PAUL PAYOYO
Owner KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC