Patent ID: 7652791
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for producing reprints of a document with improved consistency relative to a reference printing of the document, the method comprising: establishing printing system characteristics of a reference printing system used to generate the reference printing of the document in close temporal association with a production of the reference print job; storing the established printing system characteristics in association with an identification of the document; when a determination is made to produce a reprint of the document: retrieving the stored printing system characteristics based on the identification of the document; determining printing system characteristics of a selected reprint printing system in close temporal association with a production of the reprint; generating an image data adjustment mechanism to compensate for a difference between the reference printing system characteristics and the reprint printing system characteristics; and producing the reprint with the reprint printing system, in close temporal association with the determination of reprint printing system characteristics, through the use of the generated image adjustment mechanism, thereby improving consistency between the reprint and the reference printing.