Patent ID: 8355171
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of compensating for misalignment of a print engine of an image forming apparatus, comprising: (a) forwarding a request from a host computer having a printer driver to an image forming apparatus for reference data of a printable area of the print engine; (b) sending the reference data of the printable area of the print engine to the printer driver; (c) comparing the reference data of the printable area of the print engine to a print job having an ideal reference data of the printable area; and (d) if the reference data of the printable area of the print engine is different than the ideal reference data of the printable area of the print job, generating a new reference data of the printable area for the print job to adjust for the difference in printable area between the ideal reference data of the printable area of the print job and the reference data of the printable area of the print engine.