Appeal No. 2003-1063
Application No. 09/100,487
second printer. Claim 1, directed toward the method, is
illustrative:
1. A method of configuring a first printer to emulate
grayscale printing characteristics of a second printer,
comprising the steps of:
characterizing the grayscale printing characteristics of the
first printer and the second printer; and
determining a transform between the grayscale printing
characteristics of the first printer and the grayscale printing
characteristics of the second printer using the characterized
grayscale printing characteristics of the first printer and the
second printer, the transform for modifying first printer
grayscale commands so as to emulate the grayscale printing
characteristics of the second printer.
THE REFERENCE
Ebner 5,805,734 Sep. 8, 1998
(filed Nov. 26, 1996)
THE REJECTION
Claims 1, 2, 10, 11, 28, 29, 35 and 41 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Ebner.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejection. We need to address
only the independent claims, i.e., claims 1, 10, 28, 29, 35
and 41.
The appellants’ independent claims require a transform for
modifying first printer grayscale commands so as to emulate
(claims 1, 29, 35 and 41) or effect (claims 10 and 28) the
grayscale printing characteristics of a second printer.
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