Apparatus and method for managing printing mode switching in a printing apparatus
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsTheresa A. Burkes, Ben B. Tyson, James E. Anderson, David E. Smith, Michael J. Borg
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Abstract
A printing apparatus is provided which includes a print mechanism configured to print in a plurality of color modes, and a controller configured to select an active color mode switching option from among a plurality of color mode switching options, and instruct the print mechanism to switch between the color modes according to the active color mode switching option. Each of the color mode switching options defines a manner in which the printing apparatus and method will switch between the plurality of color modes when printing a document.
Claims44
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a print mechanism configured to print in a plurality of color modes;
- and
- a controller configured to select an active color mode switching option from among a plurality of color mode switching options, and instruct the print mechanism to switch between the color modes according to the active color mode switching option;
- wherein each of the color mode switching options defines a manner in which the printing apparatus will switch between the plurality of color modes when printing a document.
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a print mechanism configured to print a print job on a print medium;
- a statistics engine configured to record statistical data including statistics selected from a group consisting of environmental statistics, workload statistics, and age statistics;
- and
- a controller configured to select a color mode switching option of the print mechanism based on the statistical data.
A method of printing a print job on a printing apparatus having a full-color mode and a monochrome mode, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of color mode switching options defining the manner in which the printing apparatus will switch between the full-color mode and monochrome mode while printing the print job;
- selecting an active switching option from among the plurality of color mode switching options;
- and
- printing the print job according to the active switching option.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.