公开(公告)号：US20050084314A1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-21

申请号：US11005134

申请日：2004-12-06

申请人： James Anderson ,  Rich Forcier ,  Robert Pentecost ,  Kris Livingston ,  Mark Muguira

发明人： James Anderson ,  Rich Forcier ,  Robert Pentecost ,  Kris Livingston ,  Mark Muguira

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  B41J11/58

CPC分类号： G06F3/1207 ,  G06F3/1259 ,  G06F3/1288

摘要： Methods and arrangements are provided for use in a printer and associated computer(s). The printer is configured to periodically and/or automatically detect when changes are being made to a print media supply tray and output/display the current configuration of the print media supply tray for use by the user and/or programs running on the computer. The current configuration of the print tray is determined using detectable mechanisms that are either hardware and/or software implemented. The configuration of the supply tray is displayed to the user via the printer display, a tray-mounted display, and/or though a graphical user interface (GUI) on the computer. The configuration is defined by at least the size and type of the print media associated with the supply tray.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于打印机和相关计算机的方法和装置。 打印机被配置为周期性地和/或自动地检测何时对打印介质供应托盘进行改变，并且输出/显示打印介质供应托盘的当前配置以供在计算机上运行的用户和/或程序使用。 使用可实现的硬件和/或软件的可检测机制来确定打印托盘的当前配置。 通过打印机显示器，托盘显示器和/或通过计算机上的图形用户界面（GUI）向用户显示供应托盘的配置。 该配置至少由与供应托盘相关联的打印介质的尺寸和类型来定义。