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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Ann Qiongying Feng, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth Huang Young, Foster City, CA (US);
KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for controlling at least one printer engine, the at least one printer engine having plural trays, each of the plural trays is aligned independently for imaging on a sheet of print medium. The method includes obtaining information according to first conditions in which each of the plural trays has been aligned, and the alignment of the each of plural trays is an adjustment to a position of a printable area on the sheet of print medium so that the printable area is centered on the sheet of print medium; obtaining information according to a second condition in which the at least one printer engine executes a print job; judging differences between each of the first conditions and the second condition; selecting a tray for the print job based on the judged differences; and instructing the print engine to execute the print job using the selected tray.