US 11,827,029 B2
Selecting between black print and process black print
Mark Q. Shaw, Boise, ID (US); Scott K. Hymas, Boise, ID (US); Jeffrey H. Luke, Boise, ID (US); and Gabriel Scott McDaniel, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Filed by HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Filed on May 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/321,306.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363069 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17566 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17506 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01); G06F 3/1239 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B41J 2002/17569 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17589 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
applying a rule corresponding to a threshold level to a plurality of supply levels corresponding to a set of print supplies of a print device;
identifying a current level of the plurality of supply levels corresponding to the set of print supplies of a print device;
coordinating depletion of the set of print supplies by selecting between black print and process black print for a print job of the print device based on the rule corresponding to the threshold level and the current level of the plurality of supply levels.