Printing preparation

An electronic device that is capable of accelerating copying, the electronic device comprising:

• a scanning component to begin a scan of a scanning target to produce a plurality of scan strips that represent the scanning target, the scanning target defined by an entire scannable portion of an object presented to the scanner;
• a printing component to print an image of the scanning target on media, the printing component including a print engine;
• and
• one or more formatting components to manage the print engine of the printing component by notifying the print engine to begin readying for printing responsive to (i) a time remaining prediction just to acquire strips that represent the scanning target such that the rime remaining prediction does not include any time to transmit the strips from the scanning component to the printing component, and (ii) a timing just for the print engine to switch from an idle state to a spun-up state such that the timing does not include any timing in which the print engine actually performs printing,
• wherein the print engine is notified to begin readying for printing when the time remaining prediction to acquire strips that represent the scanning target is less than or equal to the timing for the print engine to switch from an idle state to a spun-up state, and
• wherein no printing of the image of the scanning target is performed until the scanning target has been completely scanned,
• wherein the print engine reaches a ready state at a same time the image is ready to be printed, the ready state indicating that the print engine has finished warming up and is now able to print.

An arrangement for accelerating copying, the arrangement comprising:

• means for scanning a physical object into an electronic form;
• means for formatting the electronic form into a printable image format;
• and
• means for printing the printable image format onto media;
• wherein the means for formatting includes means for managing the means for printing responsive to (i) at least one time remaining prediction just for the means for scanning to complete a scanning of the physical object into the electronic form such that the time remaining prediction does not include any time to transmit the electronic form of the physical object from the means for scanning to the means for formatting or to the means for printing, and (ii) a timing just for the means for printing to switch from an idle state to a spun-up state such that the timing does not include any timing in which the means for printing actually performs printing,
• wherein the means for printing is notified to begin readying for printing when the at least one time remaining prediction for the means for scanning to complete a scanning of the physical object into the electronic form is less than or equal to the timing for the means for printing to switch from an idle state to a spun-up state, and
• wherein no printing of the printable image is performed until the physical object has been completely scanned,
• wherein the means for printing reaches a ready state at a same time the printable image is ready to be printed, the ready state indicating that the means for printing has finished warming up and is now able to print.

An electronic device that is capable of accelerating copying, the electronic device comprising:

• a scanner to scan a scanning target to produce a plurality of scan strips that represent an image of the scanning target, the scanning target defined by an entire scannable portion of a page of media presented to the scanner;
• a printer to print the image of the scanning target on media, the printer including a print engine;
• and
• one or more components to process the plurality of scan strips that represent the image of the scanning target and to notify the print engine to begin readying for printing while at least a portion of the plurality of scan strips that represent the image of the scanning target are still being processed responsive to (i) a time remaining prediction just for the scanner to produce the plurality of scan strips that represent the image of the scanning target such that the time remaining prediction does not include any time to transmit the scan strips from the scanner to the printer, and (ii) a timing just for the print engine to switch from an idle state to a spun-up state such that the timing does not include any timing in which the print engine actually performs printing,
• wherein the one or more components further notifies the print engine to begin readying for printing when the time remaining prediction for the scanner to produce the plurality of scan strips that represent the image of the scanning target is less than or equal to the timing for the print engine to switch from an idle state to a spun-up state, and
• wherein no printing of the scanning target is performed until the scanning target has been completely scanned,
• wherein the printer reaches a ready state at a same time the scan strips are ready to be printed, the ready state indicating that the printer has finished warming up and is now able to print.