Patent ID: 8031347

Claim:
A multi-media printer, comprising: a print engine processor; a print subsystem for printing an output; a decoding module to receive print job parameters and print job data for a print job at the multi-media printer, to decode the print job parameters and the print job data to create decoded print job parameters including decoded print job media selection parameters and decoded print job data, and to output the decoded print job parameters including the decoded print job media selection parameters and the decoded print job data; a configuration memory to store default configuration parameters; and a parameter determination module to receive the decoded print job parameters including the decoded print job media selection parameters and the decoded print job data, to receive the default configuration parameters including default media selection parameters from the configuration memory, and to determine final print job media selection parameters for the print job based on an operational state of at least one of the decoded print job media selection parameters and the decoded print job data, utilizing the decoded print job media selection parameters and the default media selection parameters, wherein the default media selection parameters stored by the configuration memory comprise parameters for identifying a default media to be used for performing a print operation with each of a plurality of different printing technologies.