Patent ID: 8724141

Claim:
A method for performing printing on a plurality of media sheets of a document in an imaging device, the method comprising: receiving a change-mode command while printing on a current media sheet of the document by utilizing a first print mode, wherein the change-mode command comprises a request for changing the first print mode to a second print mode; concurrently with completing printing of the current media sheet of the document utilizing the first print mode, changing the printing for subsequent media sheets in the document from the first print mode to the second print mode; and communicating to a host device about the receipt of the change-mode command prior to performing printing on the subsequent media sheets in the second print mode, the host device communicably coupled to the imaging device; receiving a host data from the host device upon communicating about the receipt of the change-mode command to the host device, wherein the host data is associated with the second print mode of the subsequent media sheets; and completing printing of the document by utilizing the received host data for performing the printing on the subsequent media sheets of the document in the second print mode.