Automatic paper size selection

Details Automatic paper size selection Automatic paper size selection

1992-02-03

1993-08-17

Grimley, A. T.

Photocopying

Contact printing

Light boxes

355243, G03G 2100

Patent

active

052373797

ABSTRACT:
A method of automatically selecting a desired copy sheet size including sensing the size of a document, and sensing a parameter in nonvolatile memory representing a set of standard copy sheet sizes and a set of non standard copy sheet sizes a selected magnification ratio, determining the preferred copy sheet size in response to the sensed document size, parameters in memory and the magnification selected, and automatically selecting the appropriate copy sheet storage receptacle including the determination of acceptable image to copy sheet ratio. The determination of acceptable image to copy sheet ratio includes the step of determining the ratio of image space to non-image space on the copy sheet and the amount of potential image loss on the copy sheet.

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