US 12,248,828 B1
Printing system and methods for enhanced paper selection
Javier A. Morales, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/494,013.
Int. Cl. H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 15/4065 (2013.01) [G06K 15/002 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for selecting a paper media for printing operations, the method comprising:
receiving a print job for a printing device, wherein a sheet of the print job includes dimensions;
accessing a plurality of papers in a paper catalog available for the printing device, wherein the paper catalog includes an entry for each of the plurality of papers, the entry having dimensions, at least one attribute, and a print condition;
determining that a paper within the plurality of papers in the paper catalog is not available to print the print job based on the dimensions of the sheet;
determining at least one paper having a smallest standard size within the plurality of papers to fit the dimensions of the sheet;
forming a first group of the at least one paper corresponding to the smallest standard size; and
displaying the first group having the at least one paper having the smallest standard size as available to print the print job.