Patent ID: 8488133
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of marking print media comprising: preparing an image for printing on a sheet of print media, the image including an indication of a first and a second event; printing, by a print engine of an image forming device, a first portion of the image on the sheet of print media at a first location in the image forming device at or near the print engine; evaluating data associated with the sheet of print media and selecting, based upon the data evaluated, only one of a second portion of the image indicating an occurrence of the first event and the second portion of the image indicating an occurrence of the second event; and printing, by the print engine, the selected second portion of the image on the sheet of print media at the first location in the image forming device, wherein the first portion of the image comprises a first predetermined number of bands of the image and the second portion of the image comprises a second predetermined number of bands of the image, the bands being linked together in a linked list data structure, wherein the data structure containing a last band of the first portion of the image includes a first link to a first band of the second portion of the image corresponding to the occurrence of the first event and a second link to a first band of the second portion of the image corresponding to the occurrence of the second event, the first and second links forming a branch in the linked list data structure.