International Business Machines Corporation

Brian Wayne Hansen

James Edward Bostick

Raghuraman Kalyanaraman

John Paul Kaemmerer

Inputs of scaled percentages of a single color of ink are received, each of the scaled percentages being associated with a color of multiple colors in a file, the color being different than the single color of ink and being associated with a separate cartridge position from among multiple cartridge positions of a printer. An input of the single color of ink is received, the single color of ink being one of the file colors. The file colors other than the single color of ink for the printer to print in the single color of ink scaled according to each of the scaled percentages.

User defined associations of colors to cartridges for color printers

A printer status interface controller displays an interface at a client system with a first color from among a plurality of colors associated with a first print cartridge position associated, from among a plurality of print cartridge positions of a printer. The printer status interface controller receives a user selection within the interface to specify an association of a second color from among the plurality of colors with the first print cartridge position. Responsive to the user selection to associate the second color with the first print cartridge position, a printer color association controller adjusts a reference to the first color in a print document to print in the second color through a second print cartridge in a second print cartridge position from among the plurality of print cartridge positions.

A computer implemented method, and apparatus for changing a state of a remote switch box. On a master switch box, a request is received from a user to set a state of the remote switch box to a selected state. A request to change the remote switch box to the selected state is transmitted from the master switch box to the remote switch box. The remote switch box connects a remote phone to a phone line. The master switch box receives a confirmation from the remote switch box of the change to the selected state. The confirmation contains the state of the remote switch box. The state of the remote switch box is displayed on the master switch box.

Changing a state of a remote switch box which connects a phone to a network

The illustrative embodiments provide a method and system for automatically muting a headphone. The headphone detects a sound external to the headphone. A volume threshold and a frequency threshold are received, wherein the volume threshold and the frequency threshold define a sound of interest. A determination is made as to whether the sound external to the headphone is the sound of interest. Responsive to a determination that the sound external to the headphone is the sound of interest, a signal is transmitted to automatically mute an active state of the headphone.

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Brian Wayne Hansen