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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2000
William G. Miller, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Patrick T. Igoe, Grand Island, NY (US);
Gregg A. Bonikowski, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to print images on media sheets prints test patterns in an interrupt mode while printing the main job in a regular mode. The method includes marking a first group of images on a corresponding first group of sheets, marking a test pattern on a first test pattern sheet, marking a second group of images on a corresponding second group of sheets, delivering the first test pattern sheet to a sample tray, and passing the first and second groups of sheets to a finishing module. In a varient, the first test pattern sheet follows the first group of sheets in a sequence, the second group of sheets follows the first test pattern sheet in a sequence, and the second group of images follows the first group of images in a sequence.