Rose Nemeth - Boulder CO, US Kenneth Stuart Shouldice - Firestone CO, US John F. Meixel - Longmont CO, US
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Tokyo
International Classification:
G06F 3/12 G06K 15/02
Abstract:
System and methods for page alignment for tractorless paper. In one embodiment, an apparatus receives a print job to be printed on a continuous web of print media in a duplex format with multiple first pages across a front of the web and multiple second pages across a back of the web which correspond with the multiple first pages. The apparatus maps pages to sheetlet regions, and applies first offsets to the sheetlet regions on the front of the virtual continuous forms based on operator input. The controller also determines second offsets for the sheetlet regions on the back of the virtual continuous forms based on an additive inverse of the first offsets, and modifies processing of the print job by applying the second offsets to the sheetlet region on the back of the virtual continuous forms to maintain alignment of front pages and back pages across the web.
