Christy R West

US Patent:

55615287, Oct 1, 1996

Filed:

Aug 3, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/285574

Inventors:

Allen P. Johnson - Lexington KY
Christy A. West - Versailles KY
Edward W. Yohon - Lexington KY

Assignee:

Lexmark International, Inc. - Greenwich CT

International Classification:

H04N 121
G06F 1500

US Classification:

358296

Abstract:

Printer (1) is provided with a mode to print forms without reference to or interruption of a host computer and with immediate printing of one or more of the forms. Page data for the forms is stored in flash memory (21) in a high level printer language. At initiation of the forms mode at least the first listed document is immediately prepared by the control data processor (17) of the printer in bit mapped form for printing. Documents are listed on the control panel by name for ready selection for printing.

US Patent:

63172186, Nov 13, 2001

Filed:

Feb 8, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/500402

Inventors:

Timothy Gerard Yorkey - Lexington KY
Allen Patrick Johnson - Lexington KY
David William Murphy - Lexington KY
Christy Mitchell West - Hendersonville TN

Assignee:

Lexmark International, Inc. - Lexington KY

International Classification:

G06F 1500

US Classification:

358 113

Abstract:

A printer has monochrome and color printing heads for printing color and monochrome images, respectively, and a media feed path for moving sheets of media by the printing heads. The media feed path has a color position in which the color printing heads print color images and the monochrome printing head prints monochrome images, and a monochrome position in which the monochrome printing head prints monochrome images but the color printing heads cannot print color images. A memory stores data on prior print jobs, and a control circuit switches the media feed path from the color position to the monochrome position in response to the data stored in the memory.