Patent ID: 8824012

Claim:
A method for determining an end of a print process in which a device prints an image onto a medium, the method comprising: determining a first volume of printing substance that is to be deposited to completely print the image onto the medium; and while the device is being moved over the medium, depositing the printing substance onto the medium to print the image onto the medium, keeping track of a second volume of the printing substance actually deposited onto the medium while the device is being moved over the medium, performing a comparison between (i) the first volume of printing substance that is to be deposited to completely print the image onto the medium and (ii) the second volume of printing substance actually deposited onto the medium while the device is being moved over the medium, identifying a subset of a plurality of locations of the image corresponding to which printing substance is yet to be deposited, and based on (i) the comparison and (ii) the subset of the plurality of locations of the image corresponding to which the printing substance is yet to be deposited, determining the end of the print process.