Patent ID: 8375215

Claim:
A method comprising: identifying, in a plurality of media types to be printed in a printer and stored in corresponding media input trays in said printer, the presence of a media signature comprising information regarding at least one of a number, a type or a position of one or a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in at least one of said plurality of stored media types; receiving a data stream for a print job including a data stream signature comprising information regarding at least one of a number, a type, or a position of one or a plurality of RFID tags for at least one of a plurality of media types; comparing the received data stream signature with said identified media signature of one of the plurality of stored media types; and determining whether to select one of the plurality of stored media types for printing the print job based upon said comparing of said received data stream signature to said identified media signature for one of the plurality of stored media types; wherein said identifying the presence of a media signature in the plurality of stored media types comprises identifying a media input tray in the plurality of media input trays containing said one of the plurality of stored media types and selecting said media input tray based upon said comparing of said received data stream signature to said identified media signature; and wherein the recited steps are performed in said printer.