Patent ID: 7751072
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of printing comprising: storing information on current capabilities and latent capabilities of at least two marking engines; processing a print job stream to identify at least one image to be printed on a first substrate selected from at least two substrates, the first substrate having a different substrate attribute from a second of the at least two substrates; selecting one of at least two marking engines which are configured for printing images of a common print job stream to print the identified images on the selected first substrate based on the stored information on current capabilities and latent capabilities; where the current capabilities cannot handle the substrate attribute, modifying an operating parameter of the selected one of the at least two marking engines from a set point for the second of the substrates to a modified set point for accommodating the substrate attribute of the selected first substrate; sending the at least one identified image to the selected one of the at least two marking engines to be printed; and forming a completed image on the selected first substrate with the selected one of the at least two marking engines.