Patent Document ID: 9256813
Application ID: 14284742

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, into a computerized device, images of a previously printed document, a second document to be printed, and instructions to use previous layout parameters of said previously printed document to print said second document, without providing access to said previous layout parameters of said previously printed document; automatically reverse engineering said previous layout parameters used to print said previously printed document from said images of said previously printed document, without access to said previous layout parameters, using said computerized device, by detecting page boundaries, detecting page orientation, and detecting page sequencing within said images of said previously printed document; automatically, using said computerized device, preparing a print job ticket for said second document having job ticket layout parameters matching said previous layout parameters; and outputting, from said computerized device, said second document using said print job ticket to cause said second document to match said previous layout parameters of said previously printed document.

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Claim 4:
4. The method according to claim 1 , said detecting page orientation being based on at least one of: recognizing text, text lines, and blocks in said images of said previously printed document; placement and orientation of page numbers in said images of said previously printed document; and inferences from overall layout geometry of said images of said previously printed document.