Patent ID: 6079807
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
A printer comprising:a media handler to convey media through the printer;a media sensor to detect a type of the media; anda printing mechanism configured to select (1) a paper print mode for printing a print file in an event that the media sensor detects that the media is paper and the print file is intended for paper, (2) a transparent print mode in an event that the media sensor detects that the media is transparent and the print file is intended for a transparency, (3) a paper-to-transparency print mode that remaps printer settings appropriate for paper to printer settings appropriate for transparencies if the print file is a paper print file and the media sensor detects that the media is transparent, and (4) a transparency-to-paper print mode that remaps printer settings appropriate for transparencies to printer settings appropriate for paper if the print file is a transparency print file and the media sensor detects that the media is not transparent.