Print orientation of documents based on device sensor output
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorDavid Gelphman
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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorDavid Gelphman
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This is directed to defining the orientation in which a document is printed from the orientation of the device on which the document is displayed. In particular, some electronic devices can have limited user interfaces that do not provide for a simple or elegant interface for defining print settings. To overcome limitations in a displayed user interface, the orientation of an electronic device can be used to define the print orientation of a displayed document. In particular, a motion-sensing component of an electronic device can determine whether the electronic device display is in a portrait or landscape orientation, and define the page orientation of the displayed document to match the determined device orientation. The electronic device can then send information representing the displayed document in the defined page orientation to the printer system.
A method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions for defining the orientation in which a document is printed, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the operations of:
An electronic device for printing documents, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.