Michael J Lotz

US Patent:

8427684, Apr 23, 2013

Filed:

Jun 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/814951

Inventors:

Michael Glen Lotz - Longmont CO, US

Assignee:

InfoPrint Solutions Company LLC - Boulder CO

International Classification:

G06F 3/12

US Classification:

358 115, 7079992

Abstract:

A computer generated method disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job including a plurality of print files, processing a first resource in a first print file by determining if the name of the first resource matches a name of a previously processed resource, determining if data within the first resource matches data within a previously processed resource if the name of the first resource matches the name of the previously processed resource and renaming the first resource if the data within the first resource does not match data within the previously processed resource.

US Patent:

20120013922, Jan 19, 2012

Filed:

Jul 19, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/838618

Inventors:

Michael G. Lotz - Longmont CO, US
Thomas N. Bilan - Longmont CO, US
Donald A. Johnson - Longmont CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/00

US Classification:

358 19

Abstract:

A method is disclosed. The method includes establishing a post processing data format to enable proper post-processing of print jobs and modifying a print job received during print processing according to the post processing data format.

US Patent:

20130155436, Jun 20, 2013

Filed:

Dec 12, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/712307

Inventors:

Joseph P. Gaertner - Lafayette CO, US
Simon P. Jones - Warwick, GB
Michael Lotz - Longmont CO, US
Thomas Margolis - Boulder CO, US
Neil McKinstrie - Nuneaton, GB
Joe Stradling - Firestone CO, US
Scott Ziegler - Westminster CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/12

US Classification:

358 113

Abstract:

Systems and methods are provided for altering the content of a PDF print job. The printing system includes a memory, an interface, and a markup engine. The memory includes criteria for identifying Portable Document Format (PDF) content stored in print jobs, and also includes a mark-up instruction for altering printable PDF content stored in print jobs, where the mark-up instruction references one or more of the criteria. The interface is operable to receive a PDF print job for processing. The markup engine is operable to access the mark-up instruction, to review the PDF print job to identify multiple segments of the print job that each include PDF content that matches the one or more criteria referenced by the mark-up instruction, and to alter the identified segments based on the mark-up instruction.

US Patent:

20140043645, Feb 13, 2014

Filed:

Aug 10, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/571808

Inventors:

David L. Stokes - Longmont CO, US
Susan M. Saad - Broomfield CO, US
Michael G. Lotz - Longmont CO, US

International Classification:

G06K 15/02

US Classification:

358 115

Abstract:

A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input print job file including a form definition (formdef), determining whether the formdef is an N-up formdef and generating an output print job file by inserting a forms overlay into the input print job file as a pre-printed form if the formdef is an N-up formdef.

US Patent:

20140056484, Feb 27, 2014

Filed:

Aug 21, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/591072

Inventors:

Michael Lotz - Longmont CO, US
Carl Dennison - Longmont CO, US

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382112

Abstract:

Systems and methods are provided for ensuring that printed output for a print job matches the expected output for a print job. The system comprises a control unit and a comparison unit. The control unit receives a print job and modifies the print job by adding a tag to each logical page of the print job, and to transmit the modified print job to a printer. The control unit further generates target images for the logical pages of the print job. The comparison unit receives printed pages of the job from the printer. For each printed page of the job, the comparison unit identifies a tag on the printed page, identifies a target image corresponding with the tag on the printed page, and compares an image of the printed page to the target image to detect discrepancies between the printed page and the target image.

US Patent:

53773110, Dec 27, 1994

Filed:

Mar 16, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/033707

Inventors:

James R. Carlock - Niwot CO
Leonard C. Lahey - Boulder CO
Michael G. Lotz - Louisville CO
Arthur R. Roberts - Boulder CO

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1500

US Classification:

395115

Abstract:

Use of a single pass print data stream conversion process when sufficient memory is available to store all the page data to be printed and reversion to a double pass conversion when insufficient memory is available. Scanning of the input data stream, storing the page data, and downloading the resource data to the printer continues so long as sufficient memory to store the page data is available. If the available memory is filled before the entire page is scanned, the stored page data is discarded. The scanning continues to download the resource data but the page data is no longer stored. When the page has been completely scanned, the scanning is restarted at the beginning of the page, downloading the page data to the printer and discarding the resource data during the second scan.

US Patent:

20190272128, Sep 5, 2019

Filed:

Mar 1, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/909147

Inventors:

Gary Alan Koets - Longmont CO, US
Michael Glen Lotz - Longmont CO, US
David Lee Stokes - Longmont CO, US
Adam Alvin Swartz - Thornton, US

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G06F 3/12

Abstract:

Combining multiple pages of an AFP print job into a single AFP output page that can be more efficiently printed is described. A print job is received, where pages in the print job begin with a first electronic marker indicative of a beginning of the page and ends with a second electronic marker indicative of an end of the page. A first page and a second page in the print job are identified to combine together into an output page, and an amount of offset for page contents of the second page is determined. The page contents of the second page are shifted by the amount of the offset. The first electronic marker is removed from the first page, the second electronic marker is removed from the second page, and page contents of the first page and shifted page contents of the second page are combined together into the output page. The output page is transmitted to a printer for printing.

US Patent:

20190129660, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Oct 27, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/795778

Inventors:

Linda Sue Liebelt - Boulder CO, US
Michael Glen Lotz - Longmont CO, US
Jeffrey Alan Sikkink - Longmont CO, US
Marquis G. Waller - Beverly OH, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/12

Abstract:

Systems and methods are provided for replacing preprinted forms with blank print media. One embodiment is a system that includes a memory that stores entries which include Page Description Language (PDL) instructions for marking blank print media to match different types of preprinted forms, and an interface that receives a print job comprising PDL print data. The system also includes a controller that determines that the print job includes a media callout referring to one of the types of preprinted forms, consults an entry that corresponds with the type of preprinted form, integrates PDL instructions from the entry into PDL print data for an existing page of the print job to match an appearance of the type of preprinted form at the existing page, selects a printer, and transmits the print job to the printer for printing after the PDL instructions have been integrated.