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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2006
John Booth Bates, Harrodsburg, KY (US);
Brian Andrew Brown, Lexington, KY (US);
Timothy John Rademacher, Lexington, KY (US);
John Booth Bates, Harrodsburg, KY (US);
Brian Andrew Brown, Lexington, KY (US);
Timothy John Rademacher, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method for compressing data includes transmitting a requested compression factor such as a quality factor known in JPEG compression, to a scanner or like peripheral device. The type of communication link between the scanner or like device and a host computer is identified, and based on the communication link type, the requested compression factor is altered to generate a new compression factor subsequently used to compress the data. The amount of buffer, such as scan buffer, used by the scanner or peripheral device may also be used to alter the compression factor prior to compression.