Patent ID: 8879085

Claim:
A printer, comprising: a print head configured to produce a version of an image on a first side of media; and a capture device situated within the printer to electronically capture and record the version of the image obtained from the first side of the media while the media is being processed by the printer and configured to verify that a quality level of the version is within a predefined tolerance, the version is electronically captured and verified before the media is dispensed from the printer with the version of the image on the first side of the media and the media is being processed by the printer without being re-fed into the printer, and when the version is not within the predefined tolerance a copy of the image is produced on a second side of the media before the media is dispensed from the printer and the produced copy based on the predefined tolerance of the version of the image produced on the first side of the media, processing to compare the version against the predefined tolerance is configured within the capture device, and the predefined tolerance is a range of values representing a particular quality level that is a set of values for print density, element drop-outs, white areas, coloring, patterns, ability to read a barcode, broken lines, and unbroken lines.