Patent ID: 7443520

Claim:
A method of selecting dormant options of an imaging device for activation, comprising: printing hardcopy images corresponding to dormant options imbedded in the imaging device on a media sheet using the imaging device; printing a formatter identifier on the media sheet that identifies a formatter of the imaging device, using the imaging device; printing a print-engine identifier on the media sheet that identifies a print engine of the imaging device, using the imaging device; placing a mark adjacent one or more of the hardcopy images corresponding to the dormant options to mark the one or more dormant options; sending the media sheet to provider of the imaging device after marking the one or more dormant options; comparing the formatter identifier to approved formatter identifiers at the provider; comparing the print-engine identifier to approved print-engine identifiers at the provider: when the formatter identifier matches an approved formatter identifier and the print-engine identifier matches an approved print-engine identitier, determining, at the provider, which of the marked one or more dormant options is approved; sending one or more approved dormant options corresponding to the marked one or more dormant options that are approved to the imaging device; and activating the one or more approved dormant options at the imaging device.