Patent ID: 6401141
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for selecting from among a plurality of available media sources in an output device, each of the available media sources having at least one page size, comprising:(a) downloading a procedure to the output device; and (b) invoking the procedure in order to handle one or more unsatisfied feature requests, wherein the invoked procedure performs the following steps: (1) if the unsatisfied feature request uses a non-standard page size, then terminating the procedure; and (2) if the unsatisfied feature request uses a standard page size, then performing the following steps: (i) comparing one or more page sizes for the available media sources with a desired page size; and (ii) selecting a nearest one of the compared page sizes for the available media sources while favoring non-rotated media sources over rotated media sources.