METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY REDUCING PAGE COUNT IN A DOCUMENT PRINTING PROCESS

• US 20110043831A1
• Filed: 08/18/2009
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Sprague, Mary Ann, McCorkindale, Mary Catherine, Swenton-Wall, Patricia L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,891,125 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1219 with regard to consumables, e.g. ink, toner, paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1254 Automatic configuration, e.g. by driver

Abstract

A system automatically determines whether to shrink a document to be printed by determining whether various parameters of the final page of the document satisfy certain criteria. If so, the system may automatically shrink the document by using a shrink-to-fit process and/or by automatically reducing the font size of some or all content in the document.

Claims

1. A system for performing a print job request, comprising:

a processor;

a printing device; and

a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor, wherein the computer-readable storage medium includes one or more programming instructions for;

receiving a print job request having a first set of one or more printing parameters, wherein the print job request,

identifying a final page of the print job request,

determining, via the processor, a measurement for the final page,

selecting, via the processor, a threshold value based on a second set of one or more printing parameters,

responsive to both the measurement and the threshold value, using a shrink-to-fit process to yield a modified print job request, and

storing the modified print job request.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the storage medium also includes at least one programming instruction for performing, via the printing device, the modified print job request to yield a printed document.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein determining a measurement for the final page comprises determining a number of lines printed on the final page.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein determining a measurement for the final page comprises determining a percentage of space to be used on the final page for bearing printed material.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein selecting a threshold value based on a second set of one or more printing parameters comprises determining a number of lines to be printed on the final page.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein selecting a threshold value based on a second set of one or more printing parameters comprises determining a percentage of space to be used on the final page for bearing printed material.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the programming instructions further comprise at least one instruction for determining that the measurement on the final page is less than the threshold value; and

using the shrink-to-fit process is also responsive to the determining that the measurement on the final page is less than the threshold value.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the programming instructions further comprise at least one instruction for determining that the print job request would yield an odd number of printed pages; and

using the shrink-to-fit process is also responsive to the determining that the print job request would yield an odd number of printed pages.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions further comprise one or more instructions for:

determining that a font size for content in the print job request exceeds a font size threshold; and

automatically reducing the font size for the content.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions further comprise one or more instructions for:

presenting, via a display device, a preview of the modified print job request; and

receiving, via an input device, a user request to revise the modified print job request.

11. A method of performing a print job request, the method comprising:

receiving a first print job request having a first set of one or more printing parameters from a server;

identifying a final page of the print job request;

determining, via the processor, a measurement for the final page;

selecting, via the processor, a threshold value based on a second set of one or more printing parameters; and

responsive to the determining and the selecting, modifying the print job request to yield a second print job request having a number of pages that is less than a number of pages in the first print job request.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising printing, via a printing device, the second print job request to yield a printed document.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the modifying comprises using a shrink-to-fit process to reduce a page count of the first print job request.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the modifying comprises automatically reducing font size of at least some content of the first print job request.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the modifying comprises:

using a shrink-to-fit process to reprogram the first print job request; and

automatically reducing font size of at least some content of the first print job request.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining that the first print job request is to be performed in a two-sided printing mode; and

determining that the first print job request would yield an odd number of printed document sides;

wherein the modifying is also responsive to the determinations that the first print job request is to be performed in a two-sided printing mode and would yield an odd number of printed document sides.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

presenting, via a display device, a preview of the second print job request; and

receiving, via an input device, a user request to modify the second print job request.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising, in response to the user request:

using a shrink-to-fit process to further reduce page count in second print job request.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising, in response to the user request:

reducing font size for content in the second print job request.