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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1992
Robert L Sklut, Rochester, NY (US);
John W Daughton, Rochester, NY (US);
Craig Lippolis, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of automatically selecting a desired copy sheet size including sensing the size of a document, and sensing a parameter in nonvolatile memory representing a set of standard copy sheet sizes and a set of non standard copy sheet sizes a selected magnification ratio, determining the preferred copy sheet size in response to the sensed document size, parameters in memory and the magnification selected, and automatically selecting the appropriate copy sheet storage receptacle including the determination of acceptable image to copy sheet ratio. The determination of acceptable image to copy sheet ratio includes the step of determining the ratio of image space to non-image space on the copy sheet and the amount of potential image loss on the copy sheet.