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US 6,608,978 B2Granted
Paper-saving methods for printing a document
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsAlan K. Robertson, Jean S. Beha
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Abstract
A paper-conserving method for printing a document, which includes determining the number of pages in a document to be printed and automatically selecting a paper conserving print layout for the document when at least two pages are detected. When the document has two or more pages, the layout includes duplexing. When the document has 3 or more pages, the layout will be N-up, where N has a value of at least 2.
Claims19
A printing method, comprising:
- receiving a document to be printed;
- determining the number of pages in the document;
- printing the document in simplex, 1-up form when the document is not longer than one page;
- printing the document in duplex, 1-up form when the document is not longer than 2 pages;
- printing the document in duplex, 2-up form when the document is longer than 2 pages.
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A printing method, comprising:
- determining the number of pages in a document to be printed,
- automatically selecting a paper-conserving print layout for the document when at least two pages are detected;
- displaying a feature to the user requesting confirmation from the user before printing when the document is longer than X pages;
- printing the document according to the paper-conserving print layout.
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A controller for a printing apparatus, wherein the controller determines the number of pages in a document to be printed;
- selects duplex printing when the document has at least 2 pages,
- selects 2-up printing when the document more than 2 pages, and
- selects N-up printing when the document is longer than X pages, where X is greater than 4;
- and
- prints the document.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.