Patent ID: 8917415
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically scaling print jobs without any user inputs in an image production device network, comprising: receiving a request to print a print job at a particular image production device using a particular media sheet size; determining a size of media in one or more media trays in the particular image production device; determining if the size of the media in the requested print job matches the determined media size in one of the one or more media trays, wherein when it is determined that the size of the media in the requested print job does not match the determined media size in one of the one or more media trays, determining if the determined media size in the one or more media trays closest to the print job media sheet size is within a predetermined scaling range, wherein when it is determined that the media size in the one or more media trays closest to the print job media sheet size is within the predetermined scaling range, scaling the requested print job to the determined closest media size; and printing the requested print job on the determined closest media sheet size from one of the one or more media trays; wherein the predetermined scaling range is determined by one of a system administrator or the manufacturer.