Systems and methods for separating an image into a white layer and a color layer for printing with a white toner enabled printer in two passes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11812003
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18304683

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A method of splitting an image into a white layer and a color layer, comprising: providing an electronic application; receiving and loading, by the electronic application, an image file; the image file comprises a C color plane, a M color plane, a Y color plane, a K color plane, and a W color plane; splitting the image file to create a white layer and a color layer; erasing the K color plane; generating a CMY color plane; outputting the CMY color plane to a first storage location, to generate the color layer; copying, in the electronic application, the W color plane into the K color plane; erasing the C color plane, the M color plane, and the Y color plane to generate a W to K color plane; and outputting the W to K color plane to a second storage location, to generate the white layer.

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  • UI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dovi, Joseph Lake Grove, US 21 12
Padilla, Alfredo Palm Bay, US 1 0

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