IP Library Granted Patent US 11,169,749
Granted Patent B2
US 11,169,749 · App. 16/544,392 · Granted Nov 9, 2021

Dynamic printer setting based on document analysis

Inventors: Justin Michael Ringuette (Morrisville, NC); Sandy Scott Collins (Durham, NC); Richard Todd Wall (Clayton, NC); Jimmie Dale Treat (Raleigh, NC); Wiechun Zhou (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,169,749
App. No.
16/544,392
Granted
Nov 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, a request to print a document; analyzing, using a processor, content of the document; determining, based on the analyzing, a printing characteristic of the content, wherein the printing characteristic comprises at least one of: a simplex printing characteristic and a duplex printing characteristic; establishing, based on the printing characteristic, a printer setting for printing the document. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (44)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at an information handling device, a request to print a document, wherein the document comprises a plurality of pages of print material;

determining an analysis type for the document based upon a size of the document identified from the plurality of pages of print material;

analyzing, using a processor and the analysis type, content of the document, wherein the analyzing comprises recognizing characteristics included within the document and for each of the plurality of pages;

determining, based on the recognized characteristics within the document recognized utilizing the analysis type, a printing characteristic of the content for each of the plurality of pages, wherein the printing characteristic comprises at least one of: a simplex printing characteristic and a duplex printing characteristic, wherein the determining comprises determining an association of a recognized characteristic with a printing characteristic for each page within the document corresponding to the recognized characteristic, wherein the determining comprises determining a number of print jobs for the document based upon the printing characteristic for each page; and

automatically establishing, based on the printing characteristic, a printer setting for printing each page of the document within each one of the number of print jobs, wherein the establishing comprises toggling the printer setting based upon the printing characteristic for each page within the document, wherein the toggling the printer setting occurs between the number of print jobs of the document.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content of the document comprises both a simplex printing characteristic and a duplex printing characteristic.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the establishing a printer setting comprises setting the printer setting for simplex printing of the content corresponding to the simplex printing characteristic and setting the printer setting for duplex printing of the content corresponding to the duplex printing characteristic.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing is performed page-by-page as the document is sent to the printer; and

wherein the establishing the printer setting comprises establishing the printer setting page-by-page during printing.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing is performed for the entire document before being sent the printer; and

wherein the establishing a printer setting comprises tagging each portion of the document having a different printer characteristic, before being sent to the printer, with a printer setting.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the establishing a printer setting comprises establishing a printer setting upon receiving, from a user, confirmation of a printer setting identified from the printing characteristic.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing comprises identifying the content as at least one of: an uninterrupted monochrome text and an absence of simplex items; and

wherein the printing characteristic of the content comprises the duplex printing characteristic.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing comprises identifying the content as at least one of: a shipping label and a signature field; and

wherein the printing characteristic of the content comprises the simplex printing characteristic.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analyzing comprises utilizing optical character recognition.

10. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device the stores instructions executable by the processor to:

receive, at an information handling device, a request to print a document, wherein the document comprises a plurality of pages of print material;

determine an analysis type for the document based upon a size of the document identified from the plurality of pages of print material;

analyze, using a processor and the analysis type, content of the document, wherein to analyze comprises to recognize characteristics included within the document and for each of the plurality of pages;

determine, based on the recognized characteristics within the document recognized utilizing the analysis type, a printing characteristic of the content for each of the plurality of pages, wherein the printing characteristic comprises at least one of: a simplex printing characteristic and a duplex printing characteristic, wherein the determining comprises determining an association of a recognized characteristic with a printing characteristic for each page within the document corresponding to the recognized characteristic, wherein the determining comprises determining a number of print jobs for the document based upon the printing characteristic for each page; and

automatically establish, based on the printing characteristic, a printer setting for printing each page of the document within each one of the number of print jobs, wherein the establishing comprises toggling the printer setting based upon the printing characteristic for each page within the document, wherein the toggling the printer setting occurs between the number of print jobs of the document.

11. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the content of the document comprises both a simplex printing characteristic and a duplex printing characteristic.

12. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein to establish a printer setting comprises setting the printer setting for simplex printing of the content corresponding to the simplex printing characteristic and setting the printer setting for duplex printing of the content corresponding to the duplex printing characteristic.

13. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein to analyze is performed page-by-page as the document is sent to the printer; and

wherein the establishing the printer setting comprises establishing the printer setting page-by-page during printing.

14. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein to analyze is performed for the entire document before being sent the printer; and

wherein the establishing a printer setting comprises tagging each portion of the document having a different printer characteristic, before being sent to the printer, with a printer setting.

15. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein to establish a printer setting comprises establishing a printer setting upon receiving, from a user, confirmation of a printer setting identified from the printing characteristic.

16. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein to analyze comprises identifying the content as at least one of: an uninterrupted monochrome text and an absence of simplex items; and

wherein the printing characteristic of the content comprises the duplex printing characteristic.

17. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein to analyze comprises identifying the content as at least one of: a shipping label and a signature field; and

wherein the printing characteristic of the content comprises the simplex printing characteristic.

18. A product, comprising:

a non-transitory storage device that stores code the code being executable by a processor and comprising code that causes the processor to:

receive, at an information handling device, a request to print a document, wherein the document comprises a plurality of pages of print material;

determine an analysis type for the document based upon a size of the document identified from the plurality of pages of print material;

analyze content of the document and the analysis type, wherein to analyze comprises to recognize characteristics included within the document and for each of the plurality of pages;

determine, based on the recognized characteristics within the document recognized utilizing the analysis type, a printing characteristic of the content for each of the plurality of pages, wherein the printing characteristic comprises at least one of: a simplex printing characteristic and a duplex printing characteristic, wherein the determining comprises determining an association of a recognized characteristic with a printing characteristic for each page within the document corresponding to the recognized characteristic, wherein the determining comprises determining a number of print jobs for the document based upon the printing characteristic for each page; and

automatically establish, based on the printing characteristic, a printer setting for printing each page of the document within each one of the number of print jobs, wherein the establishing comprises toggling the printer setting based upon the printing characteristic for each page within the document, wherein the toggling the printer setting occurs between the number of print jobs of the document.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060638/0067 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2019
From: RINGUETTE, JUSTIN MICHAEL; COLLINS, SANDY SCOTT; WALL, RICHARD TODD; TREAT, JIMMIE DALE; ZHOU, WEICHUN
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 050091/0833 →