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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2003
Walter K. Cousins, Lexington, KY (US);
Kevin R. Cruise, Lexington, KY (US);
David K. Murray, Lexington, KY (US);
Timothy J. Rademacher, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael S. Wilson, Lexington, KY (US);
Walter K. Cousins, Lexington, KY (US);
Kevin R. Cruise, Lexington, KY (US);
David K. Murray, Lexington, KY (US);
Timothy J. Rademacher, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael S. Wilson, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A multifunction machine user interface has a minimal number user inputs, such as only one or two buttons. When a user places a media item, such as a printed sheet, in the scanner and activates a first user input, the machine scans the media item and assesses or determines whether the media item is to be treated for printing purposes as a color document, a color photograph, a monochrome (i.e., black-and-white) document, or a monochrome photograph. The machine then causes the media item to be printed in accordance with that assessment or determination. The assessment or determination can be made automatically by the machine or a host computer in communication with the machine in response to an evaluation of chrominance and luminance of the scanned pixels. Alternatively, the determination can be made by the user selecting corresponding settings through a user interface on the host computer.