Patent 7466449 was granted and assigned to Lexmark International, Inc. on December, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A system and method for controlling output quality based on the time interval that a button is engaged to initiate output is pressed. The system and method provide for an output quality of a first category when the button is engaged for a first time interval and initiates output quality of a second category when the button is engaged for a second time interval.