US 7,505,171 B2
Full user-intent color data stream imaging methods and systems
Thomas E. Horton, Torrance, Calif. (US); Mark A. Gaines, Hawthorne, Calif. (US); Steven F. Livengood, Laguna Niguel, Calif. (US); and Robert R. Laman, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, Conn. (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/648,968.
Prior Publication US 2005/0050465 A1, Mar. 03, 2005
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 358—1.9  [358/518; 358/540; 358/1.13; 358/1.15; 358/464] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
designating an imaging order associated with a imaging data stream for a plurality of objects to be rendered, wherein said imaging order determines color quality rendering thereof;
applying said imaging order to said plurality of objects, including overlapping objects thereof, wherein said imaging order comprises:
(a) calling out all fills in an imaging data stream form resource;
(b) calling out text and logo data in an imaging data stream form resource;
(c) calling out all image data in an order in which such data appear and are called out from a variable data portion of said imaging data stream; and
(d) referencing a plurality of logos associated with said imaging data stream;
rendering text generated by said printer output device through said imaging data stream according to a pre-determined ink color; and
generating, utilizing said imaging data stream, imaging separations based on an actual specified color for rendering thereof via a printer output device.