Printer with adaptive printing mode
US6317218A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 8, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K15/16
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printer has monochrome and color printing heads for printing color and monochrome images, respectively, and a media feed path for moving sheets of media by the printing heads. The media feed path has a color position in which the color printing heads print color images and the monochrome printing head prints monochrome images, and a monochrome position in which the monochrome printing head prints monochrome images but the color printing heads cannot print color images. A memory stores data on prior print jobs, and a control circuit switches the media feed path from the color position to the monochrome position in response to the data stored in the memory.
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