Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Hewlett-packard Company

Brian L Watts

Carlos F Becerra

Kim Brown

Chris Richard Gunning

Theresa A Burkes

Douglas J Mellor

Lisa Johnson

Raymond S Kennedy

James H Bigelow

Michael Tang

Sidney R Reed

Kristen K Barrash

Scott W Ahistrom

In an exemplary device implementation, the device includes: a scanner capable of scanning a scanning target to produce an electronic image of the scanning target; and a printer capable of printing an image of the scanning target on a media, the printer including a print engine; wherein the device is adapted to overlap the scanning of the scanning target with preparation of the print engine for printing.

Printing preparation

A method for selecting a print path speed for an image forming device includes identifying a print path status. A print path status may be determined to be empty, operating at a first speed, or operating at a second speed that is faster than the first speed. The print pat speed for a page is then set according to the print path status.

Selecting a print path speed

This invention relates to methods for determining if a media jam has been detected by a print engine, an input device, or an output device.

Method and apparatus for detecting a media jam

A demonstration page automatically resizes itself to fit a preferred media size of a printing device on which the demonstration page is printed. The demonstration page image is embedded in a printer control language (or page description language) to enable the automatic resizing of the image. The demonstration page omits control language commands that would otherwise override the preferred media size. Thus, the preferred media size stored in the printing device is used by the demonstration page for resizing and printing purposes. The demonstration page includes control language that identifies an original media size associated with the stored image and further includes control language that calculates scale factors for resizing the image to best fit the preferred media size.

Self-resizing demonstration page for a printing device

An image forming device which includes extended help information available at the control panel of the image forming device using a combination of hardware and software or firmware to increase the functionality of the control panel. Dual functionality may be added to one of the selector switches on the control panel such as the item selector switch; a separate help button may be provided on the control panel; and in addition to the help button a visual indicator display such as a light emitting diode (LED) can be added to indicate the availability of help as well. A help symbol can also be displayed on the alphanumeric display panel such as a &ldquo;&quest;&rdquo; to indicate the availability of help. Advantageously the help button is a rocker type switch which allows scrolling of the display and is geographically located on the control panel, such as immediately to the right of the display in a vertical orientation. Custom messages can also be installed within the image forming device to relay information to the end-user.

Extended help feature for image forming devices

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Boise, ID, United States of America

Brian L Watts