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US 11,080,571 B2Granted
Outputting plurality of images having different sizes
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsIn Soo Sung, Chang Min Han
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Abstract
Provided are an image forming apparatus for outputting a plurality of images having different sizes according to a method pre-set by a user without interrupting a current printing operation when the plurality of images having different sizes are obtained and a method of operating the image forming apparatus.
Claims15
An image forming apparatus to output a plurality of images, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface to receive a print command including a plurality of images;
- a processor to:
- detect respective sizes of the plurality of images,
- determine that a size of a first image of the plurality of images is not identical to another of the respective sizes of the plurality of images,
- in response to the determination that the size of the first image of the plurality of images is not identical to another of the respective sizes of the plurality of images, determine an output mode of the image forming apparatus,
- in response to the output mode being an automatic output mode, set the respective sizes of the plurality of images based on a pre-set output method including reducing or increasing the size of the first image, and
- in response to the output mode being a manual output mode, obtain a user selection of an output method and set the respective sizes of the plurality of images based on the user selected output method including reducing or increasing the size of the first image;
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- an image forming job performer to perform an outputting operation based on the respective set sizes of the plurality of images.
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A method of outputting a plurality of images, the method comprising:
- receiving a print command including a plurality of images;
- detecting respective sizes of the plurality of images;
- determining that a size of a first image of the plurality of images is not identical to another of the respective sizes of the plurality of images;
- in response to the determination that the size of the first image of the plurality of images is not identical to another of the respective sizes of the plurality of images, determining an output mode of the image forming apparatus;
- in response to the output mode being an automatic output mode, setting the respective sizes of the plurality of images based on a pre-set output method including reducing or increasing the size of the first image;
- in response to the output mode being a manual output mode, obtaining a user selection of an output method and setting the respective sizes of the plurality of images based on the user selected output method including reducing or increasing the size of the first image;
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- performing an outputting operation based on the respective set sizes of the plurality of images.
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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon instructions, executable by a processor, for implementing a method of outputting a plurality of images on a computer, the computer readable recording medium comprising:
- instructions to receive a print command including a plurality of images;
- instructions to detect respective sizes of the plurality of images;
- instructions to determine that a size of a first image of the plurality of images is not identical to another of the respective sizes of the plurality of images;
- instructions to, in response to the determination that the size of the first image of the plurality of images is not identical to another of the respective sizes of the plurality of images, determine an output mode;
- instructions to, in response to the output mode being an automatic output mode, set the respective sizes of the plurality of images based on a pre-set output mode method including reducing or increasing the size of the first image;
- instructions to, in response to the output mode being a manual output mode, obtain a user selection of an output method and set the respective sizes of the plurality of images based on the user selected output method including reducing or increasing the size of the first image;
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- instructions to perform an outputting operation based on the respective set sizes of the plurality of images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.