Printing apparatus and method for monochrome mode and color mode switching

US6865355B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Theresa A. Burkes · Meridian, US
• John M. Bagley, Jr. · Meridian, US
• Darryl Richter · Meridian, US
• Scott S. Lee · Yongin-si, KR
• Darren Binder · Boise, US
• Michael B. Lloyd · Boise, US
• Lisa Johnson · Indianapolis, US
• Kari E. Castleberry · Nezperce, US
• Mark Irwin

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2005
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G15/50
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A printing method for printing of a print job by a printing apparatus having a monochrome mode and a full-color mode. The method may include examining a portion of the print job to determine whether the portion includes a color page, and if the portion includes a color page, scheduling printing of a first page of the portion and one or more subsequent pages of the print job in a full-color mode, irrespective of the color content of the one or more subsequent pages.