Providing printed confidential documents

    公开(公告)号:US10742832B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US15761947

    申请日:2016-01-22

    Abstract: Examples of providing printed confidential documents are described herein. In an example, a printing system includes at least two protected trays to store printed confidential documents. The at least two protected trays may be coupled to each other to enable transfer of the printed confidential documents between the at least two protected trays. Further, an output tray may be coupled to at least one of the at least two protected trays to provide the printed confidential documents for collection. Furthermore, on receiving an authentication input, the printed confidential documents may be transferred from one of the at least two protected trays to the output tray.

    USER INPUT BASED PRINT TRAY CONTROL
    12.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190089854A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US16085950

    申请日:2016-06-27

    Inventor: Shinoj Bhaskaran

    Abstract: A printing device (102) comprises a plurality of feeder print trays (104) to hold print media to be used for printing. The printing device (102) further comprises a plurality of user input sensors (106), such that a user input sensor (106) is provided in proximity to each of the plurality of feeder print trays (104) to sense at least one user input provided by a user on an outer surface of a casing of the corresponding feeder print tray (104). Further, an input tray control module (108) is communicatively coupled to the plurality of input sensors (106). The input tray control module (108) correlates the user input as selection of the corresponding feeder print tray (104) and subsequently determines selection attributes corresponding to the user input. The input tray control module (108) further determines a tray control action to be initiated for the selected feeder print tray (104) based on the user input data and the selection attribute.

    Recipient profile-based generation of scan images

    公开(公告)号:US11870955B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-09

    申请号:US18029440

    申请日:2021-06-09

    Inventor: Shinoj Bhaskaran

    CPC classification number: H04N1/00225

    Abstract: An example image forming apparatus may include a scanner module to scan a document to be sent to a recipient and store electronic raw data representing the document. Further, the image forming apparatus may include a controller to receive a destination address as an input to perform a user-selectable scanning feature. The controller may retrieve a first user profile and a second user profile associated with the destination address from a database. The first user profile and the second user profile may include first setting information and second setting information, respectively. The controller may process the electronic raw data to generate a scan image in accordance with the first user profile. The first user profile may be selected based on a characteristic of the electronic raw data. The controller may transmit the scan image to the destination address in accordance with the user-selectable scanning feature.

    Subscription-based print job execution

    公开(公告)号:US11842107B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-12

    申请号:US18028847

    申请日:2021-07-01

    Inventor: Shinoj Bhaskaran

    Abstract: A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the processor to associate a first subscription of a first user to a second subscription of a second user. The first subscription may correspond to a replaceable component of an image forming apparatus. A subscription service may enable the image forming apparatus to print a first number of pages and a second number of pages as part of the first subscription and second subscription, respectively. Further, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium may include instructions to generate a print job including print content to be printed on the image forming apparatus, provide a user-selectable option to specify a category of the print content on a user interface, and selectively utilize the first subscription or the second subscription to execute the print job based on the specified category.

    DEVICE OPERATIONAL MODE BLOCKING
    15.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230031518A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17649122

    申请日:2022-01-27

    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to detecting an error condition blocking an operational mode of a device, determining whether the operational mode will cause a loss of at least one data element, and in response to determining that the operational mode will cause a loss of at least one data element, storing a copy of the at least one data element and causing the device to enter the operational mode.

    INK CARTRIDGE ACTIVATION
    16.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210387458A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US17278417

    申请日:2019-11-06

    Abstract: An Imaging device includes a print monitoring engine to monitor an ink level of an ink cartridge installed in the imaging device and track a print count for each ink level. The print count for each ink level indicates a number of prints printed during a one percent drop in the ink level. Further, a print capacity estimation engine is to determine an average print rate for the ink cartridge based on the print count for each one percent drop in ink level and determine a print capacity estimate of the ink cartridge based at least on the average print rate and the current ink level. Further, an Ink cartridge controlling engine is to deactivate the ink cartridge upon occurrence of a predetermined event and activate the deactivated ink cartridge in response to an activation input from a user, wherein the activation input is based on the print capacity estimate.

    DEVICE SETTINGS BASED ON USAGE HISTORY
    18.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190356806A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-21

    申请号:US16331286

    申请日:2017-07-24

    Inventor: Shinoj Bhaskaran

    Abstract: In one example, a system is disclosed, which may include a recognition unit to obtain a user profile from a mobile device via a short-range wireless communication between the mobile device and the multi-functional device. Further, the system may include a retrieving unit to retrieve usage history associated with the user profile. Furthermore, the system may include a configuration unit to temporarily configure operational settings for the multi-functional device based on the usage history.

    PROCESSING PRINT MEDIA
    19.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190055693A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-21

    申请号:US16079650

    申请日:2016-06-30

    Inventor: Shinoj Bhaskaran

    Abstract: Examples to process print media (105) are defined herein. At least one marked cell from a plurality of cells (305) extending throughout a processed image of the print media (105) is detected. The processed image of the print media (105) may include marked portions (110) and unmarked portions (115). Further, the marked cell overlays a marked portion of the processed image. Once the marked cell is detected, the marked portions (110) of the print media (105) corresponding to the marked portions (110) of the processed image may be determined and separated from the print media (105) to provide a processed media (130) comprising the unmarked portions (115).

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