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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2003
Theresa A. Burkes, Meridian, ID (US);
Ben B. Tyson, Eagle, ID (US);
James E. Anderson, Meridian, ID (US);
David E. Smith, Emmett, ID (US);
Michael J. Borg, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A printing apparatus is provided which includes a print mechanism configured to print in a plurality of color modes, and a controller configured to select an active color mode switching option from among a plurality of color mode switching options, and instruct the print mechanism to switch between the color modes according to the active color mode switching option. Each of the color mode switching options defines a manner in which the printing apparatus and method will switch between the plurality of color modes when printing a document.