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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Mary Ann Sprague, Macedon, NY (US);
Mary Catherine Mccorkindale, Fairport, NY (US);
Patricia L. Swenton-wall, Victor, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mary Ann Sprague, Macedon, NY (US);
Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Fairport, NY (US);
Patricia L. Swenton-Wall, Victor, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1254 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system automatically determines whether to shrink a document to be printed by determining whether various parameters of the final page of the document satisfy certain criteria. If so, the system may automatically shrink the document by using a shrink-to-fit process and/or by automatically reducing the font size of some or all content in the document.