Patent ID: 8226198

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: a media transport system for transporting recording media in an imaging device, the media transport system being configured to operate in a quiet mode in response to a first signal, and in a normal operating mode in response to a second signal, the quiet operating mode being at a reduced print speed relative to the normal operating mode; a printing system for depositing ink onto the recording media to form images, the printing system being configured to operate in the quiet mode in response to the first signal, and in the normal operating mode in response to the second signal; a user interface configured to display the quiet mode management as a user selectable option and to enable the selection of the quiet mode management mode by a user; a controller operatively connected to the media transport system, the user interface, and the printing system, the controller being configured to generate the first signal in response to a print job having attributes associated with the normal operating mode, to generate the second signal in response to a print job having attributes associated with the quiet operating mode, and to generate the first and the second signals in response to the quiet mode management mode being selected by a user with the user interface; and a memory storing data and instructions for access by the controller, the data and instructions defining a first set of attributes associated with the normal operating mode during the quiet mode management, a second set of attributes associated with the quiet operating mode during quiet mode management, and a third set of attributes that enable the controller to determine whether a print job is to be run at the normal operating mode or the quiet operating mode for print jobs having attributes that do not fall into the first and the second set of attributes or for print jobs that have attributes that fall into both the first and the second set of attributes, the attributes of the first, second, and third set of attributes including one or more of a number of pages of a print job, a coverage level of a print job, media type, image resolution, job timing, and job origin location.