Patent ID: 8130255

Claim:
An imaging device, comprising: a controller of the imaging device dynamically determining a speed at which the imaging device is to operate based upon a number of pages and size of the pages currently in a queue for printing by the imaging device; wherein the controller selectively operates the imaging device to operate at a first speed when: (a) at least one print job in the queue is for printing on a first media size and a number of pages less than a first predetermined number of pages; and (b) the at least one print job is for printing on a second media size that is less than the first media size and a number of pages greater than a second predetermined number of pages greater than the first predetermined number of pages, and operates the imaging device to operate at a second speed greater than the first speed when the at least one print job is for printing using at least one other combination of media size and a number of pages to be printed.