Patent ID: 8179543

Claim:
A method for configuring a print system device to a set of device specific settings, the method comprising: uploading device specific settings and associated code sequences to a database in communication with a print system device having a multiple fingerprint scanning device to scan two or more finger combinations of a user's hand, said multiple fingerprint scanning device comprising a template configured from at least one of: a left hand template for individual left fingerprint scans tailored to a shape of said left hand, and a right hand template for individual right fingerprint scans tailored to a shape of said right hand, such that individual fingers can be identified by their placement in said template and a unique code can be associated with each finger; scanning, using said multiple fingerprint scanning device, a plurality of individual fingerprints in a defined ordered sequence within said template; building a code sequence from said defined ordered sequence of said scanned fingerprints; using said code sequence to reference a specific set of print system device specific settings from said database, said device specific settings having been previously associated with said built code sequence; retrieving said referenced set of device specific settings associated with said code sequence from a storage device; and configuring a print system device to said retrieved device specific settings.