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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1999
Carmalyn Lubawy, Vancouver, WA (US);
David Hall, Vancouver, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique for efficiently using media-type identifier code on print media and for processing that code, once read, to select the appropriate print mode for a printer that is to print onto that media. The system of the present invention minimizes the number of bits of data that must be associated with (hence, marked on) a sheet of print media to convey adequately the information as to the type of media, and is inherently backwards compatible. The invention uses simplified encoding and algorithm processing, which, in a preferred embodiment, includes a look-up table for storing known media-type code with associated print modes. A distance algorithm is used for locating the most appropriate print mode for given media-type identifier code that is not found in the table.