John F Mauzey

US Patent:

7495794, Feb 24, 2009

Filed:

Jul 21, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/620617

Inventors:

Terry A. Smith - Boise ID, US
John F. Mauzey - Boise ID, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 15/00

US Classification:

358 118, 358 116, 358 324

Abstract:

A printing system for printing documents that includes a recurring image. The printing system includes a computer connected to a printer over a communication link. The computer generates a named sequence to represent the recurring image and a parameter. The parameter value provides the printer with information that can be used to optimize the processing and printing of the named sequence.

US Patent:

7929160, Apr 19, 2011

Filed:

Mar 10, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/385393

Inventors:

Theresa A. Burkes - Meridian ID, US
Richard M. Dow - Laramie WY, US
Chris R. Gunning - Boise ID, US
Dana A. Jacobsen - Boise ID, US
Lisa Johnson - Boise ID, US
Raymond S. Kennedy - Nampa ID, US
Robert J. Lavey - Siloam Springs AR, US
Perry Lea - Meridian ID, US
Scott S. Lee - Meridian ID, US
John Mauzey - Boise ID, US
Douglas J. Mellor - Meridian ID, US
Steven R. Folkner - Boise ID, US
Randall E. Grohs - Star ID, US
Terry-Lee M. Fritz - Boise ID, US
Michael B. Lloyd - Meridian ID, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 15/00

US Classification:

358 115, 358 15, 358448, 358 117, 358 112, 358 114, 358 116, 358 111, 358 113, 358 118, 358 17

Abstract:

An exemplary device implementation includes: a manager that is capable of monitoring a process for preparing a page for printing; and a print engine that is capable of printing the page after the process for preparing the page for printing is complete; wherein the device is adapted to temporally overlap the process for preparing the page for printing with preparation of the print engine for printing. An exemplary method implementation includes actions of: beginning processing of a page of a printing job; providing at least one command to a print engine responsive to at least one time remaining estimate for the processing of the page of the printing job prior to completion of the processing of the page of the printing job; and changing a state of the print engine responsive to the providing of the at least one command to the print engine.

US Patent:

20040246502, Dec 9, 2004

Filed:

Jun 9, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/457683

Inventors:

Dana Jacobsen - Boise ID, US
John Mauzey - Boise ID, US

International Classification:

G06F003/12
G06F015/00
G06F009/28

US Classification:

358/001100, 358/001160

Abstract:

A system, method, and article for rendering a page for a printing device is described. The system, method, and article include partitioning a page into multiple sections, partitioning individual sections into multiple sub-sections, and rendering individual sub-sections of the section. Further, a system, method, and article in an embodiment also include a cache memory, wherein the sub-sections of the section are sized so that a sub-section raster image size is less than the cache size, so that all or most of the pixels of the sub-section raster image are rendered in the cache. Further, the system, method, and article in an embodiment also include multiple processors each configured to separately render a sub-section concurrently.

US Patent:

58057811, Sep 8, 1998

Filed:

Mar 7, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/813096

Inventors:

C. Kevin McIntyre - Boise ID
John F. Mauzey - Boise ID
Mark R. Heim - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 1500

US Classification:

395117

Abstract:

A printer produces an improved pixel image representation of encoded image data when sub-image portions are combined into larger image portions. The printer receives encoded image data as a data stream of sub-image segments and stores the sub-image segments. Each sub-image segment includes associated graphics state information which defines at least some image attributes of the sub-image segment. When each new sub-image segment is completely received, it is placed on a closed image list. Upon such listing, the printer's processor compares the graphics state information and boundary data for the now complete sub-image segment with at least one other listed sub-image segment in the closed list. The processor combines the new sub-image segment with the other sub-image segment if both a matching graphics state and matching boundary data are found. An image processor within the printer then subjects the combined sub-image segments to spatial processing as a unitary image.

US Patent:

60942789, Jul 25, 2000

Filed:

Sep 24, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/936568

Inventors:

Marcus A. Smith - Boise ID
John F. Mauzey - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06K 1500

US Classification:

358 116

Abstract:

A system for reducing memory resources required to process a print job having common page print data. Reduction of memory resources is accomplished by first analyzing pages from an application for common page aspects and unique page aspects. The common page aspects are then converted to common page print data and the unique page aspects are converted to unique page print data. The common page print data is identified in a manner allowing for an optimized form of the common page print data to be created. An optimized form of the common page print data is then created and stored. The common page print data is merged with the unique page print data in an appropriate manner. Each page is then printed. The invention has particular benefits for presentation applications using the same background for each page in a set. Other applications can also benefit.