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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
James E. Anderson, Meridian, ID (US);
Rich Forcier, Nampa, ID (US);
Robert E. Pentecost, Boise, ID (US);
Kris R. Livingston, Boise, ID (US);
Mark Muguira, Boise, ID (US);
James E. Anderson, Meridian, ID (US);
Rich Forcier, Nampa, ID (US);
Robert E. Pentecost, Boise, ID (US);
Kris R. Livingston, Boise, ID (US);
Mark Muguira, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and arrangements are provided for use in a printer and associated computer(s). The printer is configured to periodically and/or automatically detect when changes are being made to a print media supply tray and output/display the current configuration of the print media supply tray for use by the user and/or programs running on the computer. The current configuration of the print tray is determined using detectable mechanisms that are either hardware and/or software implemented. The configuration of the supply tray is displayed to the user via the printer display, a tray-mounted display, and/or though a graphical user interface (GUI) on the computer. The configuration is defined by at least the size and type of the print media associated with the supply tray.