Author: claimsbot

1. A print support system which supports a printing operation of printing content represented by content data having a plurality of pages so that a final print appearance suitable for the content data is attained, the print support system comprising:
a content data obtaining unit configured to obtain the content data; and
a final print appearance estimation unit configured to estimate the final print appearance of the content data on the basis of content continuity of the content represented by the content data obtained using the content data obtaining unit.
2. The print support system according to claim 1, further comprising:
an attribute information obtaining unit configured to obtain attribute information of the content data, the attribute information including at least the number of pages of the content represented by the content data,
wherein the final print appearance estimation unit refers to the attribute information obtained using the attribute information obtaining unit and estimates the final print appearance of the content data, the final print appearance including at least information about arrangement of pages of printed material and information about a relationship between the pages of the printed material and the pages of the content represented by the content data.
3. The print support system according to claim 2, further comprising,
a page continuity determination unit configured to detect a pair of pages which has content continuity among the pages of the content represented by the content data,
wherein the final print appearance estimation unit estimates the final print appearance of the content represented by the content data so that the pair of pages determined to have continuity using the page continuity determination unit is continuously viewed from one page to another in the printed material.
4. The print support system according to claim 3,
wherein the page continuity determination unit includes a context continuity determination unit configured to determine whether character strings included in the plurality of pages of the content represented by the content data have continuity in context, and a pair of pages determined to have continuity in context is determined to be a pair of pages having content continuity.
5. The print support system according to claim 3,
wherein the page continuity determination unit includes an image continuity determination unit configured to determine whether images included in the plurality of pages of the content represented by the content data are images in continuous regions constituting a single image.
6. The print support system according to claim 1, further comprising:
a print job definition data generation unit configured to generate print job definition data including printing specifications or printing settings on the basis of a result of the estimation obtained using the final print appearance estimation unit.
7. The print support system according to claim 6, further comprising:
a printing apparatus information obtaining unit configured to obtain printing apparatus information indicating a capability of a printing apparatus,
wherein the print job definition data generation unit generates, in accordance with the result of the estimation obtained using the final print appearance estimation unit, the print job definition data including information about the printing settings of the printing apparatus, printing apparatus information of which was obtained by the printing apparatus information obtaining unit.
8. A print support method for supporting a printing operation of printing content represented by content data having a plurality of pages so that a final print appearance suitable for the content data is attained, the print support method comprising:
obtaining the content data; and
estimating the final print appearance of the content data on the basis of content continuity of the obtained content data.
9. A print support system which supports a printing operation of printing content represented by content data so that a final print appearance suitable for the content data is attained, the print support system comprising:
a content data obtaining unit configured to obtain the content data;
a print job definition data obtaining unit configured to obtain print job definition data including information about a first final print appearance of the content represented by the content data;
a final print appearance estimation unit configured to estimate information about a second final print appearance of the content represented by the content data on the basis of the content data obtained using the content data obtaining unit; and
a print job definition data evaluation unit configured to determine whether the information about the first final print appearance included in the print job definition data obtained using the print job definition data obtaining unit matches the information about the second final print appearance estimated using the final print appearance estimation unit, and configured to output an alert through a user interface when mismatch between the information about the first final print appearance and the information about the second final print appearance is detected.
10. The print support system according to claim 9, further comprising:
a print job definition data generation unit configured to generate, when the print job definition data evaluation unit outputs the information about the first final print appearance and the information about the second final print appearance as candidates of a selection through the user interface and when the mismatch between the information about the first final print appearance and the information about the second final print appearance is detected, print job definition data including one from among the information about the first final print appearance and the information about the second final print appearance inputted as a result of the selection.
11. A print support method for supporting a printing operation of printing content represented by content data so that a final print appearance suitable for the content data is attained, the print support method comprising:
obtaining the content data;
obtaining print job definition data including information about a first final print appearance of the content data;
estimating information about a second final print appearance of the content data on the basis of the obtained content data; and
determining whether the information about the first final print appearance included in the print job definition data obtained using the print job definition data obtaining unit matches the information about the second final print appearance estimated using the final print appearance estimation unit, and outputting an alert through a user interface when mismatch between the information about the first final print appearance and the information about the second final print appearance is detected.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. In a current-limiting device that develops internal heat and pressure during operation thereof, the improvement comprising a pressure relief arrangement to communicate the interior of the current-limiting device to the exterior thereof when predetermined internal operating conditions are experienced.
2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said current-limiting device includes a contact terminal for electrical connection between the interior and the exterior of the current-limiting device, said pressure relief arrangement comprising a passage formed through the contact terminal and a fusible material disposed within said passage.
3. The combination of claim 2 wherein the current-limiting device includes an adjoining exhaust section and the contact terminal extends into the adjoining exhaust section.

1. A folding apparatus for folding a web of a maximum web width or that is divided into two partial web streams of equal width comprising:
a main former for receiving webs up to the maximum web width; and
a smaller former for receiving webs of up to approximately one-half of the maximum web width
wherein the main former includes a main former nose and the smaller former includes a smaller former nose and the main and smaller formers are arranged such that the main former nose and the smaller former nose lie substantially in a common perpendicular plane when viewed from a side of the folding apparatus such that a partial web stream emerging from the main former and a partial web stream emerging from the smaller former can undergo further processing almost congruently after folding.
2. A folding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the smaller former is laterally displaceable.
3. A folding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the partial web streams emerging from the main former and the smaller former can be fed to a folding or cutting device.
4. A folding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the partial web streams emerging from the main former and the smaller former can be fed to separate apparatuses for further processing.
5. A folding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the smaller former is arranged within lateral boundaries defined by the maximum web width receivable by the main former.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A multi-plane flash memory array comprising:
a first plane of flash memory cells in which bad columns are replaced with replacement columns and are not used for storage of data; and
a second plane of flash memory cells in which bad columns are used for storage of data, replacement columns of the second plane used to store Error Correction Code (ECC) encoded data.
2. The multi-plane flash memory array of claim 1 wherein the first plane has a first number of bad columns and the second plane has a second number of bad columns, the first number being less than the second number.
3. The multi-plane flash memory array of claim 2 wherein the first plane is on a first die and the second plane is on a second die.
4. The multi-plane flash memory array of claim 3 wherein the first die and the second die are selected for the multi-plane flash memory array based on the first number and the second number.
5. The multi-plane flash memory array of claim 4 further comprising a plurality of additional dies, each of the plurality of additional dies chosen based on respective numbers of bad columns in the dies.
6. A nonvolatile memory system comprising:
at least one bad column located in a memory array; and
a soft-input ECC decoder adapted to receive compressed location information as first soft data indicating low likelihood for hard data obtained from the at least one bad column, and further configured to decode the hard data obtained from the at least one bad column in combination with the soft data indicating low likelihood for the hard data obtained from the at least one bad column.
7. The nonvolatile memory system of claim 6 wherein the soft-input ECC decoder is further adapted to apply a low likelihood for hard data obtained from any column which shares the compressed location information of the at least one bad column.
8. The nonvolatile memory system of claim 6 wherein the soft-input ECC decoder is further adapted to receive high resolution read data from the at least one bad column combined with the first soft data.
9. The nonvolatile memory system of claim 6 wherein the memory array consists of a plurality of columns, each of the plurality of columns containing a plurality of bit lines, and wherein an individual bad column contains at least one defective bit line.
10. The nonvolatile memory system of claim 6 further comprising at least one defective bit line in the at least one bad column, and wherein the compressed location information includes compressed bit line location information.
11. A memory array comprising:
a plurality of bad columns in the memory array, the plurality of bad columns ranked according to a number of bad bit lines per column;
redundant columns that replace high-ranked bad columns;
a record that records low-ranked bad column, low-ranked bad columns storing data;
identifying data from the low-ranked bad columns from the record; and
a soft-input Error Correction Code (ECC) decoder in communication with the record, the soft-input ECC decoder adapted to identify data from the low-ranked bad columns from the record and to apply a low likelihood to the data from the low-ranked bad columns.
12. The memory array of claim 11 further comprising one or more redundant columns that are not used for replacement of high-ranked bad columns and that are adapted to provide additional redundancy for stored data.
13. The memory array of claim 11 wherein high-ranked bad columns have a number of bad bit lines that is greater than a predetermined number and low-ranked bad columns have a number of bad bit lines that is less than or equal to the predetermined number.
14. The memory array of claim 11 wherein the identified bad columns are ranked according to ECC results from data stored in the bad columns.
15. The method of claim 11 wherein the memory array is a NAND flash memory array.