Zhongming Ming Yu

US Patent:

6988839, Jan 24, 2006

Filed:

Mar 30, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/823803

Inventors:

Zhongming Yu - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

B41J 11/44

US Classification:

400 76, 400 70, 400 61

Abstract:

A method and system for printing an electronic document is disclosed. In one aspect, a first media type for printing a first page range of one or more pages of an electronic document is selected. A second media type for printing a second page range of one or more pages of the electronic document is also selected. Information that identifies the first and second media types for printing the first and second page ranges of one or more pages of the electronic document are transmitted to a printing device. In response to receiving the information, the printing device generates a printed copy of the electronic document that includes the first and second page ranges; the first page range being printed using the first media type and the second page range being printed using the second media type.

US Patent:

7036047, Apr 25, 2006

Filed:

Mar 27, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/401960

Inventors:

Zhongming Yu - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 44, 714 38, 358 114

Abstract:

A manner of resolving printer driver incompatibility problems is described. If configuration data indicates that an incompatibility between an application program and a printer driver is to be corrected, then print data is received from a printer driver, wherein the print data reflects the incompatibility between the application program used to create the print data and the printer driver. Next, updated print data is generated that corrects the incompatibility between an application program and the printer driver. Thereafter, the updated print data is sent to the printer. The electronic document is printable by the print such that the printed copy does not reflect the incompatibility between an application program and a printer driver.

US Patent:

7043692, May 9, 2006

Filed:

Dec 18, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/737941

Inventors:

Zhongming Yu - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Ricoh Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06F 9/45

US Classification:

715762, 717106, 717143, 717154

Abstract:

A system and method which allows a software engineer to easily modify a resource file for a graphical user interface (GUI). A conventional hard-coded resource file is converted into a parameterized resource file with a header file. The parameterized resource file includes parameters for certain properties which were previously hard-coded in the hard-coded resource file. Further, the header file provides values for the parameters. With such a structure and operation, by changing the parameter values in the header file the parameterized resource file can be changed, thereby making it significantly easier to modify resource files, and accordingly to modify the display on graphical user interfaces. More particularly, a data structure is achieved which defines a graphical user interface. The data structure includes a first file which defines a display of a plurality of controls of the graphical user interface.

US Patent:

7180608, Feb 20, 2007

Filed:

Sep 28, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/967722

Inventors:

Zhongming Yu - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Riooh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G06F 15/00

US Classification:

358 11, 358 118, 715517, 715525, 715530

Abstract:

A method and apparatus is provided for printing an electronic document by automatically printing more than two pages from the electronic document on each side of a sheet of output. The pages that are printed on each sheet of output are automatically arranged in such a manner that when the sheets of output are folded, the pages appear in the correct numerical order. The sheets of output are automatically folded. The edges of the folded sheets of output are automatically trimmed, and the sheets of output are automatically bound together along one edge to form a book.

US Patent:

7227663, Jun 5, 2007

Filed:

Dec 17, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/323155

Inventors:

Zhongming Yu - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Ricoh Company Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G06F 3/12

US Classification:

358 115, 358 19, 358 113, 710 8, 710 14, 710 62, 382303, 382304

Abstract:

A manner of specifying a document to be printed to multiple output mechanisms, including multiple printers and multiple output bins of each printer. Print specification data is received for an electronic document that is desired to be printed. The print specification data specifies two or more output mechanisms. An output mechanism is any potential entity that may be identified to receive one or more printed copies of electronic documents. Non-limiting, illustrative examples of output mechanisms includes the output bin of a single bin printer, a particular output bin of a multiple bin printer, or the output bin of a fax machine. Each of the two or more output mechanisms receives at least one printed copy of the electronic document. Thereafter, the print specification data is processed to initiate printing of the electronic document to the two or more output mechanisms.

US Patent:

7301652, Nov 27, 2007

Filed:

May 7, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/139277

Inventors:

Zhongming Yu - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G06F 15/00
G06F 3/12

US Classification:

358 113, 358 112

Abstract:

A novel method of printing including receiving printer setting information indicative of printer driver settings corresponding to a print request, and printing the printer driver settings along with a print job corresponding to the print request. Further, the printer driver settings may be printed only on a first page of the print request, on all pages of the print request, on a separate front sheet of the print request, and/or on a separate rear sheet of the print request. The printer setting information is further indicative of computer system information including, for example, a computer user name, a name of computer software used to make a file corresponding to the print request, a name of the file, a name of a printer printing the print request, and a printing time stamp. This computer system information may also be printed together with the printer driving settings. In addition, the printer driver settings include, for example, a printer paper source, an output paper tray, a layout setting, a collation status, a duplex setting, an orientation setting, a paper size, a scale rate, a positive or negative image, an original or mirror image, font information, watermark information, coloring information, and a print job waiting time and job queue schedule information.

US Patent:

7423769, Sep 9, 2008

Filed:

Feb 20, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/781670

Inventors:

Zhongming Yu - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G06F 15/00
B41F 1/00

US Classification:

358 11, 358 115, 358 113

Abstract:

A printer filter including a companion script file and which filters a standard printer data stream to perform a user-specified print job. In particular, the filter is a computer program which may access other programs or data files, and which reads a standard printer data stream, transforms the input in accordance with instructions contained within the computer program, and then outputs the filtered or transformed information to the printer. The present invention also provides a graphical user interface to assist a user in operating the computer program. In particular, the graphical user interface includes a parent window having a display control which list a possible filters to be selected, along with a plurality of other display controls to assist the user in operating the computer program product.

US Patent:

7461301, Dec 2, 2008

Filed:

Mar 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/367876

Inventors:

Zhongming Yu - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

714 44, 719321, 358 114

Abstract:

A manner of resolving printer driver incompatibility problems is described. Print data is received from a printer driver. The print data reflects an incompatibility between the application program used to create the print data and the printer driver. Next, updated print data is generated that corrects the incompatibility between an application program and the printer driver. Thereafter, the updated print data is sent to the printer. The electronic document is printable by the printer such that the printed copy does not reflect the incompatibility between an application program and a printer driver.