Filing Information

Inventor(s)	David A. Mantell ·
Assignee(s)	Xerox Corporation ·  View assignee updates
Attorney/Agent(s)	Christopher D. Wait ·
Primary Examiner	John S. Hilten ·
Assistant Examiner	Charles H. Nolan, Jr. ·
Application Number	US9738752
Filing date	12/15/2000
Issue date	07/10/2001
Predicted expiration date	12/15/2020
U.S. Classifications	400/578  · 347/102  · 101/419  · 101/416.1  · 347/105  · 400/582  ·
International Classifications	--
Kind Code	B1
International Classifications	347102 · 347104 · 347105 · 400578 · 400582 · 101419 · 1014161 ·

Patent Family

Abstract

A method for improving human interaction with a printer and its hardcopy output. The method comprises printing a first page and placing it into an output bin followed with a pause to allow for full drying of the print. However, this pause will be interrupted if the page is removed from the output bin and thereby expedite any subsequent printing output that may be queued follow.

Independent Claims | See all claims (21)

1. 1. A method for a printer to provide printout to its output bin, the printer being of the liquid ink type and requiring a finite drying time for the ink, comprising: outputting a current page to the output bin; pausing the output of a subsequent page for a fixed period of time; and, outputting the subsequent page if the current page is removed from the output bin by a user before the fixed period of time has passed.
2. 8. A method for a ink jet printer to provide printout to its output bin, comprising: outputting a current page to the output bin; setting a pause counter; stepping the pause counter; determining if the current page has been removed from the output bin; and, outputting the subsequent page if the current page has been removed from the output bin by a user; or, stepping the pause counter if the current page has not been removed from the output bin by a user.