Method for adaptively matching print quality and performance in a host based printing system

A method for adaptively matching print quality and performance in a host based printing system including a host computer connected to a printer via an interface, the method comprising the steps of:

• generating a PQ delay budget, said PQ delay budget corresponding to an estimated amount of time that can be used by said printer to improve print quality without adversely impacting printing performance;
• generating a prioritized list of print quality improvements for said printer, wherein each print quality improvement in said prioritized list identifies at least one print quality setting for said printer;
• correlating said PQ delay budget to a first print quality improvement from said prioritized list of proposed print quality improvements;
• and
• modifying said current printer settings with said first print quality improvement.

A method for adaptively matching print quality and performance in a host based printing system including a host computer connected to a printer via an interface, the method comprising the steps of:

• generating a prioritized list of proposed print quality improvements for said printer;
• dividing a page of image data to be printed into a plurality of regions;
• and
• generating a PQ delay budget for each region of said plurality of regions, each said PQ delay budget corresponding to an estimate of the amount of time that can be used by said printer to improve print quality from that available with current printer settings without adversely impacting printing performance of said printer;
• correlating said each PQ delay budget for said each region to a corresponding print quality improvement from said prioritized list of proposed print quality improvements;
• and
• determining whether to modify said current printer settings with said corresponding print quality improvement on a region-by-region basis.

A method for adaptively matching print quality and performance in a host based printing system including a host computer connected to a printer via an interface, the method comprising the steps of:

• determining a print process time corresponding to an amount of time for a page to print based on current printer settings of said printer;
• determining a quantity of data to be transferred from said host computer to said printer;
• determining a data transfer time corresponding to an amount of time required to transfer said quantity of data from said host computer to said printer via said interface;
• comparing said print process time to said data transfer time to generate a PQ delay budget, said PQ delay budget corresponding to an estimated amount of time that can be used by said printer to improve print quality without adversely impacting printing performance;
• and
• determining optimum printer settings for said printer based on said PQ budget.

A method for adaptively matching print quality and performance in a host based printing system including a host computer connected to a printer via an interface, the method comprising the steps of:

• determining a print process time corresponding to an amount of time for a page to print based on current printer settings of said printer;
• determining a quantity of data to be transferred from said host computer to said printer;
• determining a data transfer time corresponding to an amount of time required to transfer said quantity of data from said host computer to said printer via said interface;
• comparing said print process time to said data transfer time to determine an amount of time that can be used by said printer to improve print quality;
• and
• determining optimum printer settings for said printer based at least in part on said amount of time determined in the comparing step.