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US 12,019,929 B2Granted
Methods and printing system using adaptive consumable estimation in printing operations
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorJavier A. Morales
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Abstract
A printing system includes an estimation system that stores the dot count value and a stored consumable use value for a recurring print job. The dot count value relates to the dot count of a rendered image for the print job for use in printing operations using estimate settings of the printing device. For a later instance of the print job, the estimation system retrieves the dot count value. It also obtains the current settings for the printing device and applies these settings to the dot count value to determine a current consumable use value. Based on the current consumable use value, the estimation system determines whether use of the current settings will result in an increase of ink or toner use.
Claims20
A method for adaptive consumable use estimation for a plurality of printing devices, the method comprising:
- determining dot count information from a rendered image for a print job at a first printing device;
- storing the dot count information corresponding to the rendered image for the print job at an estimation system;
- estimating a consumable use estimate for the print job using the dot count information and a first configuration setting of the first printing device, wherein the first configuration setting of the first printing device relates to consumable use by the first printing device and is not related to the dot count information for the print job;
- storing the consumable use estimate with the dot count information for the print job at the estimation system;
- retrieving the stored consumable use estimate for the print job from the estimation system, wherein the stored consumable use estimate corresponds to the first configuration setting used to generate the stored consumable use estimate using the dot count information;
- applying a second configuration setting of a second printing device to the dot count information, wherein the second configuration setting of the second printing device differs from the first configuration setting of the first printing device and wherein the second configuration setting of the second printing device relates to consumable use by the second printing device and is not related to the dot count information for the print job;
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- determining that application of the second configuration setting of the second printing device to the dot count information results in an increased amount of consumable use over the stored consumable use estimate.
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A method for managing printing operations within a printing system, the method comprising:
- determining dot count information from a rendered image for a print job at a first printing device;
- estimating a stored consumable use estimate by inputting the dot count information into an estimation system;
- modifying the stored consumable use estimate with a group of first configuration settings from the first printing device, wherein the group of first configuration settings of the first printing device relates to consumable use by the first printing device and is not related to the dot count information for the print job;
- storing the dot count information and the stored consumable use estimate corresponding to the rendered image for the print job at the estimation system;
- receiving a plurality of groups of current configuration settings from a plurality of printing devices, wherein each group of current configuration settings corresponds to a respective printing device of the plurality of printing devices, wherein each group of current configuration settings relates to consumable use by the respective printing device and is not related to the dot count information for the print job, and
- wherein the plurality of printing devices includes the first printing device;
- estimating a current consumable use estimate for each group of current configuration settings;
- comparing each current consumable use estimate to the stored consumable use estimate;
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- forwarding the print job to at least one printing device of the plurality of printing devices based on the comparison.
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A method for determining consumable use for printing operations, the method comprising:
- determining dot count information from a rendered image for a print job at a first printing device;
- estimating a stored consumable use estimate by inputting the dot count information into a first formula at an estimation system, wherein the first formula is associated with the first printing device;
- modifying the stored consumable use estimate with configuration settings of the first printing device, wherein the configuration settings of the first printing device relates to consumable use by the first printing device and is not related to the dot count information for the print job for the print job;
- storing the dot count information and the stored consumable use estimate corresponding to the rendered image for the print job at the estimation system;
- estimating a secondary consumable use estimate by inputting the dot count information into a second formula at the estimation system, wherein the second formula corresponds to a second printing device;
- modifying the secondary consumable use estimate with configuration settings of the second printing device, wherein the configuration settings of the second printing device relates to consumable use by the second printing device and is not related to the dot count information for the print job for the print job and
- determining an increase in consumable use using the secondary settings based on the secondary consumable use estimate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.