Patent ID: 7973974
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for modifying printing based upon direct on-the-fly media characteristic parameters, comprising: on-the-fly detecting at least one physical characteristic parameter of print media across regions of the print media using at least one scanner comprising an array of scanning elements placed early in the media path; providing information from the at least one scanner to a processor based on the detecting at least one physical characteristic parameter of print media across regions of the print media using the at least one scanner; performing, by the processor, a print modification in real-time to the print device for printing across regions of the measured print media in response to receiving the information from the at least one scanner; and rendering a page layout on a medium based on the modification using a marker system; wherein the print modification provides local control of print quality across the regions of the print media and wherein the print modification includes adjusting a toner concentration when the at least one scanner detects that print quality is poor.